What is Tampa's combined sales tax rate?

Tampa's combined sales tax is 7.5%, made up of Florida's 6% statewide rate plus a 1.5% Hillsborough County discretionary surtax. The county surtax can change by referendum, so confirm the current rate before large purchases.

How does the Florida discretionary surtax work?

Counties may add a discretionary sales surtax on top of the 6% state rate. Hillsborough County, which contains Tampa, levies 1.5%. The surtax generally applies to the same transactions as the state tax.

Are groceries taxed in Tampa?

Most unprepared grocery food is exempt from Florida sales tax. Prepared food, restaurant meals, candy, soft drinks, and most other goods remain taxable, so use the grocery toggle to model exempt purchases.

Is there a surtax cap on big-ticket items?

Florida's discretionary surtax applies only to the first $5,000 of a single tangible personal property item. This tool models the standard rate; for items over $5,000 the surtax stops accruing past that threshold.

How is the total calculated?

The tool multiplies your amount by the rate to get the tax, then adds it back to your amount for the grand total. Exempt items show zero tax and a total equal to the price.

Tampa Combined Sales Tax Calculator

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Calculate Tampa sales tax

Tampa sits in Hillsborough County, Florida. Purchases there carry a 7.5% combined sales tax: Florida’s 6% statewide rate plus a 1.5% county discretionary surtax. This calculator turns any pre-tax price into the tax owed and the final total.

How it works

The combined rate is applied to the taxable amount, and exempt items (like qualifying groceries) are zeroed out:

taxable amount = exempt ? 0 : purchase amount
tax            = taxable amount * (rate / 100)
total          = purchase amount + tax

The default 7.5% merges Florida’s 6% state tax and the 1.5% Hillsborough County surtax. Because surtax rates can change by referendum and differ in neighboring counties, the rate field is editable.

Tips and example

A 100 purchase at 7.5% incurs 7.50 in tax for a 107.50 total. Toggle the grocery exemption on for a 100 unprepared-food purchase and the tax drops to 0, keeping the total at 100.

Remember that Florida caps the discretionary surtax on the first 5000 of any single tangible item, so very large purchases pay slightly less than the flat 1.5% surtax would suggest.