Sales taxes by state

State

Gasoline*

Cigarettes

Retail**

Alabama

18 cents

42.5 cents

4%

Alaska

8

160

 

Arizona

18

118

5.6

Arkansas

21.5

59

6

California

18

87

7.25

Colorado

22

84

2.9

Connecticut

25

151

6

Delaware

23

55

 

Florida

14.9

33.9

6

Georgia

15.3

37

4

Hawaii

16

140

4

Idaho

25

57

5

Illinois

20.1

98

6.25

Indiana

18

55.5

6

Iowa

20.7

36

5

Kansas

24

79

5.3

Kentucky

18.5

30

6

Louisiana

20

36

4

Maine

25.9

200

5

Maryland

23.5

100

5

Massachusetts

21

151

5

Michigan

19

200

6

Minnesota

20

48

6.5

Mississippi

18.4

18

7

Missouri

17.55

17

4.225

Montana

27

170

 

Nebraska

27

64

5.5

Nevada

24.8

80

6.5

New Hampshire

19.6

80

 

New Jersey

14.5

240

6

New Mexico

18.9

91

5

New York

23.9

150

4

North Carolina

30.2

30

4.5

North Dakota

23

44

5

Ohio

28

125

5.5

Oklahoma

17

103

4.5

Oregon

24

118

 

Pennsylvania

31.2

135

6

Rhode Island

31

246

7

South Carolina

16

7

5

South Dakota

22

53

4

Tennessee

21.4

20

7

Texas

20

41

6.25

Utah

24.5

69.5

4.75

Vermont

20

119

6

Virginia

17.5

30

5

Washington

31

202.5

6.5

West Virginia

27

55

6

Wisconsin

32.9

77

5

Wyoming

14

60

4

District of Columbia

22.5

100

5.75

*Additional federal levy is 18.4 cents nationwide
**Base state rate (local tax may be higher)
Source: Federation of Tax Administrators; update Jan. 1, 2006