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Kentucky Sales Tax Calculator and Remote Seller Nexus Check (6%)

What does this come to under the current IRS rules?

Sales tax on a sale at the 6% statewide rate plus your local rate, and whether your sales into Kentucky pass the $100,000 economic nexus threshold.

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Your figures
Example figuresIllustrative only. Type over them with your own.
Sales tax due
$60.00
Tax on the sale in Kentucky
All results
MeasureResult
Statewide base rate6%
Combined rate6%
State tax$60.00
Local tax$0.00
Sales tax due$60.00
Total with tax$1,060.00
Sales counted toward the threshold$110,000
Sales test (more than $100,000)Met
Economic nexus reached
Register and collect Kentucky tax
Yes
How this was worked out
Work shownrecomputed as you type
Sales tax = sale x (6% + local rate)
Nexus when counted sales are more than $100,000 in the previous 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 (6% + local rate)
  • Nexus when counted sales are more than $100,000 in the previous or current calendar year
  • Counted sales = direct sales + marketplace sales

How it works

Figures current as of November 2026.

The state rate is 6 percent. Kentucky has no local sales tax. The tool multiplies the sale amount by the statewide base rate plus the local rate you enter (zero: Kentucky has no local sales tax) and shows the state and local parts separately.

A seller with no physical presence in Kentucky must register and collect once it has more than $100,000 of gross receipts from sales of goods, digital property and services into Kentucky in the previous or current calendar year. House Bill 757 (2026) removed the 200-transaction test for remote retailers. Sales you make through a marketplace facilitator count toward your own Kentucky threshold, together with your direct sales.

A seller with a physical presence in Kentucky, 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 Kentucky sales tax rate?

The state rate is 6 percent. Kentucky has no local sales tax.

What is the Kentucky economic nexus threshold?

More than $100,000 of gross receipts from sales of goods, digital property and services into Kentucky in the previous or current calendar year.

Do marketplace sales count toward the Kentucky threshold?

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

Did Kentucky change its threshold recently?

House Bill 757 (2026) removed the 200-transaction test for remote retailers.

Sources

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