sales tax rate

[Lisarose3]

can someone please tell me what the sales tax rate is for UNINCORPATED area of Sugar Land/Ft. Bend County? Thanks...Many have a sugarland address but are NOT annexed into Sugarland. Thanks

[astrohip]

Originally Posted by Turk

Sales tax can still be higher than 8.25, just FYI. With the base state rate, ESDs, MUDs, crime prevention districts, Cities, and other district like that can use collect sales tax. You won't find many places higher than 8.25 though...

No it can't. The most sales tax that can be charged in Texas is 8.25%. That's not to say that other bills you receive will or won't have sales tax already on them. There is a specific hierarchy of which taxes come first, if you are in an area that has more than 8.25% of taxes. So if you have a state of 6.25, city of 1, metro of 1, MUD of .25, yada yada, the law says 8.25 is the max, and specifies which ones come first.

[JetsetTX]

Actually, the option to deduct state sales tax was not a part of the Bush tax-cuts. It has been renewed every year, yes even the last nearly four years that Democrats have been in control of Congress. Also, state law does cap sales tax at 8.25% so once it's already at that level, no taxing authority can add to it.

[Liljo22]

You have two options with the sales tax deduction. You can keep all your receipts for the year or use the sales tax calculator that is based off your AGI. If you use the calculator, you can still add on big purchases such as cars and boats.

The sales tax deduction is a yearly tax cut that needs to get renewed every year. It probably will be renewed for 2010. Both sides want to take credit for it but neither wants to give the other side that chip for the up coming election.

[crone]

It is only fair that states with no income tax be able to deduct their state sales tax Be careful when you add it up though. The first time we deducted it took my breath away at the amount of sales tax 2 old poops pay in a year. Several thousand dollars.