What is the sale tax rates: Austin and surrounding areas? (Sunset Valley: sales, to buy)

[TootsieWootsie]

Where is the sales tax the lowest in the Austin area? And what is the sales tax rate there, please?

[Trainwreck20]

5.25% is the base rate for the state of Texas. Cities can add (and usually do) up to an additional 3.00%, for a total of 8.25%. In general, assume that any city has 8.25% and any unincorporated area is 5.25%. The problem is, even out in the county, you have to go into a city and pay their sales tax to buy most things.

[achtungpv]

Sunset Valley is probably the lowest. I think it's 8.0%. Pretty much every city maxes out the sales tax.

[Trainwreck20]

Sunset Valley is interesting in that the sales tax fuels the entire city, almost to the exclusion of other taxes, or so I understand. The huge concentration of big box stores draws an enormous amount of sales and allows the city to keep a slightly lower sales tax and keep the property taxes a bit lower.