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California Sales Tax Calculator and Remote Seller Nexus Check (7.25%)

What does this come to under the current IRS rules?

Sales tax on a sale at the 7.25% statewide rate plus your local rate, and whether your sales into California pass the $500,000 economic nexus threshold.

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Your figures
Example figuresIllustrative only. Type over them with your own.
Sales tax due
$72.50
Tax on the sale in California
All results
MeasureResult
Statewide base rate7.25%
Combined rate7.25%
State tax$72.50
Local tax$0.00
Sales tax due$72.50
Total with tax$1,072.50
Sales counted toward the threshold$550,000
Sales test (more than $500,000)Met
Economic nexus reached
Register and collect California tax
Yes
How this was worked out
Work shownrecomputed as you type
Sales tax = sale x (7.25% + local rate)
Nexus when counted sales are more than $500,000 in the preceding or current calendar year
Counted sales = direct sales + marketplace sales

Illustrative arithmetic on the figures you enter. Check the result against your firm's methodology before relying on it.

The formulas

  • Sales tax = sale x (7.25% + local rate)
  • Nexus when counted sales are more than $500,000 in the preceding or current calendar year
  • Counted sales = direct sales + marketplace sales

How it works

Figures current as of November 2026.

The statewide rate is 7.25 percent: the 6 percent state rate plus the 1.25 percent uniform local rate charged everywhere in the state. The tool multiplies the sale amount by the statewide base rate plus the local rate you enter (district taxes for the delivery address) and shows the state and local parts separately. The local rate depends on where the goods are delivered.

A seller with no physical presence in California must register and collect once it has more than $500,000 of sales of tangible personal property for delivery in California by the retailer and related persons in the preceding or current calendar year. Sales you make through a marketplace facilitator count toward your own California threshold, together with your direct sales.

A seller with a physical presence in California, such as staff, an office or inventory, must collect regardless of the threshold. The tool does not decide whether a product is taxable or exempt; enter the taxable price.

Illustrative figures only. Check the result against your firm's methodology before relying on it.

Common questions

What is the California sales tax rate?

The statewide rate is 7.25 percent: the 6 percent state rate plus the 1.25 percent uniform local rate charged everywhere in the state. Local rates are added on top by delivery address.

What is the California economic nexus threshold?

More than $500,000 of sales of tangible personal property for delivery in California by the retailer and related persons in the preceding or current calendar year.

Do marketplace sales count toward the California threshold?

Sales you make through a marketplace facilitator count toward your own California threshold, together with your direct sales.

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