What is a sales tax?

A sale tax is a tax collected by all retailers and some service providers when they make taxable retail sales. Included are state, county and local taxes. Sales taxes are calculated by applying a % rate to the taxable price of a sale. Tuba City, AZ part has the highest sales tax in the nation at 13.725%. Kayenta, AZ is 2nd with 12.1%.
Updated on Saturday, February 04 2012 at 04:39AM EST