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Kentucky 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 Kentucky state and local rate.

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What is the sales tax rate in Kentucky?

How much is sales tax in Kentucky?

The base state sales tax rate in Kentucky is 6%. Local tax rates in Kentucky range from 6.00%, making the sales tax range in Kentucky 6.00%.

Find your Kentucky combined state and local tax rate.

Kentucky 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 Kentucky sales tax calculator.

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

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Kentucky sales tax

How to calculate Kentucky sales tax?

To calculate the right sales tax in Kentucky 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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Kentucky sales tax rates by city.

CityMinimum combined rateCityMinimum combined rate

Ashland

6%

Lexington

6%

Bowling Green

6%

Louisville

6%

Covington

6%

Madisonville

6%

Danville

6%

Murray

6%

Elizabethtown

6%

Newport

6%

Erlanger

6%

Nicholasville

6%

Florence

6%

Owensboro

6%

Fort Thomas

6%

Paducah

6%

Frankfort

6%

Radcliff

6%

Georgetown

6%

Richmond

6%

Glasgow

6%

Shelbyville

6%

Henderson

6%

Shively

6%

Hopkinsville

6%

St Matthews

6%

Independence

6%

Winchester

6%

Jeffersontown

6%

Kentucky sales tax rates by county.

CountyMinimum combined rateCountyMinimum combined rate

Barren County

6%

Henderson County

6%

Boone County

6%

Hopkins County

6%

Boyd County

6%

Jefferson County

6%

Bullitt County

6%

Jessamine County

6%

Calloway County

6%

Kenton County

6%

Campbell County

6%

Madison County

6%

Christian County

6%

Mccracken County

6%

Clark County

6%

Nelson County

6%

Daviess County

6%

Oldham County

6%

Fayette County

6%

Pike County

6%

Floyd County

6%

Pulaski County

6%

Franklin County

6%

Scott County

6%

Graves County

6%

Shelby County

6%

Greenup County

6%

Warren County

6%

Hardin County

6%

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