Let's discuss how to calculate sales tax in California with our tool:
Provide us with the following two inputs:
Purchase amount; and
Purchase location ZIP Code.
The results appear immediately at the bottom of our California sales tax calculator.
For instance, imagine you've purchased a bike in Moorpark, which cost $100. You must enter 93020 as the ZIP Code and $100 as the purchase price. You will get the result of $7.25.
As you can see, our tool shows you the sales tax breakdown so that you better understand how tax sales in California work. In our example, the $7.25 sales tax breaks down into the following parts:
6% of California state tax:
$100 × 0.06 = $6.00
0.25% of Ventura County tax:
$100 × 0.0025 = $0.25
1% of special tax:
$100 × 0.01 = $1.00
Hence, the total sales tax rate, in this case, is 7.25%.
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