Florida's state sales tax rate is 6.0%, but many counties have their own discretionary surtaxes (e.g., county tax), which often raise combined rates. The county is the operative unit that determines what your customers pay at checkout in Florida. Below, we’ll discuss how the Florida sales tax rate works, how to calculate it correctly across different jurisdictions, and what the combined rates look like for the state's major cities and counties.

Highlights

• Florida's base sales tax rate is 6.0%, but county surtaxes raise the combined rates customers actually pay.

• Florida follows destination-based sourcing: if you ship a product to a customer in Miami-Dade County, you collect tax at the Miami-Dade combined rate.

• Businesses that sell into multiple Florida counties need to track rates at the county level since cities don't set their own sales tax rates.

What is the Florida sales tax rate?

Florida’s base sales tax rate is 6.0%. It applies to most sales of tangible personal property and certain services in the state. But counties across Florida are authorized to levy their own surtaxes in addition to the state rate, which means the rate a customer pays depends heavily on where the sale occurs. In practice, Floridians pay between 6.0% and 7.5% on taxable purchases.

How does Florida’s sales tax rate work?

Florida's sales tax applies at the point of sale to tangible personal property (e.g., physical goods) and to specific services that the state has explicitly designated as taxable. Here are some categories where sales tax can be levied:

• Rental of commercial real property

• Admission to amusement parks, concerts, and sporting events

• Short-term rentals (at most six months) of living accommodations, which are also subject to additional local tourist development taxes in most counties

Not everything is taxable. Some grocery items (e.g., unprepared food), prescription drugs, and specific agricultural items are exempt from sales tax. During the back-to-school season, the state has an annual sales tax holiday on school supplies. In 2025, this exempted purchases such as certain clothing up to $100, school supplies up to $50, and personal computers up to $1,500.

Florida has a destination-based sales tax. That means the rate is determined by where the buyer takes possession of the goods or where services are delivered. If you ship a product to a customer in Miami-Dade County, you collect tax at the Miami-Dade combined rate rather than the rate of the county your warehouse is in.

The state also has a cap on taxable value for certain items. The discretionary sales surtax (e.g., the county portion) applies only to the first $5,000 of the price on sales of single items of tangible personal property. But the 6.0% state rate applies to the full amount. This distinction is important for a business that sells high-value goods such as furniture and equipment.

How do you calculate Florida’s sales tax?

The calculation itself is straightforward once you know the applicable rate. Multiply the taxable sale amount by the combined rate (state rate plus any applicable county surtax).

For example, on a taxable sale of $200 in Orange County, which has a 0.5% surtax, this is what the calculation looks like:

State Tax = $200.00 × 0.06 = $12.00

County Surtax = $200.00 × 0.005 = $1.00

Total Tax = State Tax + County Surtax = $12.00 + $1.00 = $13.00

Remember the $5,000 surtax cap. A $7,000 piece of equipment sold in a county with a 1.0% surtax is taxed like this:

State Tax = $7,000.00 × 0.06 = $420.00

County Surtax = $5,000.00 × 0.01 = $50.00

Total Tax = $420.00 + $50.00 = $470.00

For quick calculations across different Florida jurisdictions, Stripe's sales tax calculator lets you input a location and sale amount and provides the combined rate instantly. That's particularly useful when you're selling into multiple Florida counties and need to confirm rates without manually cross-referencing the Florida Department of Revenue's database.

What are the local sales tax rates in Florida?

The discretionary sales surtax charged by Florida's 67 counties ranges from 0.0%–2.0%, depending on the county. Several counties are allowed to levy additional special-purpose surtaxes for specific projects such as infrastructure and school construction.

County surtaxes are set locally and can change. A surtax might drop or expire after a year. Tracking these changes is one of the more tedious compliance obligations for businesses that sell across multiple Florida counties.

Florida’s sales tax range in 2026

What are Florida’s sales tax rates by city?

Cities in Florida don't impose sales taxes. The county surtax is the local tax; a city's rate is just the state rate plus whatever county surtax applies. Two cities in different counties will have different combined rates, even if they're geographically adjacent.

Here are the combined rates in Florida’s largest cities.

What are Florida’s sales tax rates by county?

Knowing the county rate is necessary for compliance. Here are the combined rates for Florida's most populous counties.

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