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Alabama Sales Tax Calculator

Invoicing clients or selling to customers and need to know how much sales tax to charge? Use our simple sales tax calculator to work out how much sales tax you should charge your clients. Input the amount and the sales tax rate, select whether to include or exclude sales tax, and the calculator will do the rest. If you don’t know the rate, download the free lookup tool on this page to find the right combined Alabama state and local rate.

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What is the sales tax rate in Alabama?

How much is sales tax in Alabama?

The base state sales tax rate in Alabama is 4%. Local tax rates in Alabama range from 0% to 7%, making the sales tax range in Alabama 4% to 11%.

Find your Alabama combined state and local tax rate.

Alabama sales tax rates vary depending on which county and city you’re in, which can make finding the right sales tax rate a headache. That’s why we came up with this handy Alabama sales tax calculator.

Simply download the lookup tool and enter your state, in this case Alabama. Add your county or city - and the tool will do the rest.

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How to calculate Alabama sales tax?

To calculate the right sales tax in Alabama you’ll need to add up the state, county and city rates for your location. The easiest way to do this is by downloading our lookup tool to get the detail you need in seconds.

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Once you’ve found the correct sales tax rate for your area, you need to figure out how much to charge each customer on their purchases.

Use the sales tax formula below, or the handy calculator at the top of the page, to get the tax detail you need.

Sales tax = total amount of sale x sales tax rate

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Alabama sales tax rates by city.

CityMinimum combined rateCityMinimum combined rate

Alabaster

9%

Huntsville

9%

Albertville

9%

Madison

9%

Anniston

10%

Mobile

10%

Athens

9%

Montgomery

10%

Auburn

9%

Northport

10%

Bessemer

10%

Opelika

9%

Birmingham

10%

Oxford

10%

Daphne

9.5%

Pelham

9%

Decatur

9%

Phenix City

9.5%

Dothan

9%

Prattville

9.5%

Enterprise

9%

Prichard

10%

Florence

9.5%

Selma

10%

Gadsden

10%

Tuscaloosa

10%

Homewood

10%

Vestavia Hills

10%

Hoover

9.5%

Alabama sales tax rates by county.

CountyMinimum combined rateCountyMinimum combined rate

Autauga County

6%

Lauderdale County

7%

Baldwin County

8%

Lee County

9%

Blount County

9%

Limestone County

9%

Calhoun County

9.5%

Madison County

9%

Coffee County

7%

Marshall County

9%

Colbert County

5.5%

Mobile County

10%

Cullman County

9%

Montgomery County

7.63%

Dale County

9%

Morgan County

7%

Dallas County

5.5%

Russell County

8%

DeKalb County

7%

Shelby County

5%

Elmore County

7%

St. Clair County

6%

Etowah County

10%

Talladega County

8.5%

Houston County

5%

Tuscaloosa County

10%

Jackson County

6%

Walker County

6%

Jefferson County

6%

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