Sales Tax Calculator

Add or remove sales tax from a price.

About this tool

Calculate sales tax either direction: add tax to a pre-tax price to get the total you'll pay, or work backward from a tax-inclusive total to find the original pre-tax price and the tax amount.

Key Features

  • Add tax to a net price
  • Remove tax from a gross (tax-inclusive) price
  • Works with any sales tax rate

How to Use

  1. Enter the amount.
  2. Enter the sales tax rate for your area.
  3. Choose Add or Remove mode.
  4. Click Calculate.

Benefits

  • Check a receipt's tax calculation
  • Budget for the final price before checkout
  • Back out the pre-tax price from a total

Frequently Asked Questions

Add treats your amount as the pre-tax (net) price and calculates the tax on top. Remove treats your amount as the final total you already paid, including tax, and works backward to find the original pre-tax price.
In the US, sales tax is set at the state and often local (city/county) level, so the combined rate varies significantly by location \u2014 use the specific combined rate for where the sale takes place.

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