To calculate Alabama sales tax, use our calculator. It takes into account the statewide sales tax rate which is 4% for AL, while other sales tax rates (countywide or some local) can be entered by yourself according to the data below.
What is Alabama sales tax?
Alabama sales tax rate is currently 4%, but it can vary from 4% to 12.5% due to local tax rates up to 8.5%. In other words, combined sales tax rate in Alabama is the total of state, county and city sales tax rates.
Check the table below to choose county and local sales tax rates you need.
How to calculate Alabama sales tax?
AL sales tax is statewide tax rate which is made up of a basic rate plus mandatory local rate. Alabama sales tax calculator takes into account only statewide tax rate so for more accurate result you should write down the local tax rates (depending on your county/district/city, etc.).
This table might be helpful for using AL sales tax calculator:
| County | Total sales tax | County-wide sales tax rate | Additional local sales taxes |
| Autauga County | 6-10% | 2% | Up to 4% |
| Baldwin County | 7-11% | 3% | Up to 4% |
| Barbour County | 9.5% | 1.5% | Up to 4% |
| Bibb County | 8-10% | 4% | Up to 2% |
| Blount County | 9-12% | 3% | Up to 5% |
| Bullock County | 6.5-10% | 1.5% | Up to 4.5% |
| Butler County | 7.5-10% | 1.5% | Up to 4.5% |
| Calhoun County | 7-10% | 1% | Up to 5% |
| Chambers County | 10-10.5% | 6% | Up to 0.5% |
| Cherokee County | 7.5-10% | 3.5% | Up to 2.5% |
| Chilton County | 8-11% | 1% | Up to 6% |
| Choctaw County | 7-10% | 1% | Up to 5% |
| Clarke County | 5-10% | 1% | Up to 5% |
| Clay County | 6.5-9% | 2.5% | Up to 2.5% |
| Cleburne County | 6-9% | 2% | Up to 3% |
| Coffee County | 7.5-10% | 1% | Up to 5% |
| Colbert County | 8.5-10% | 1.5% | Up to 4.5% |
| Conecuh County | 6-10% | 2% | Up to 4% |
| Coosa County | 6-10% | 2% | Up to 4% |
| Covington County | 8.5-10% | 2.5% | Up to 3.5% |
| Crenshaw County | 7.5-10% | 3.5% | Up to 2.5% |
| Cullman County | 8.5-10% | 3.5% | Up to 2.5% |
| Dale County | 6.5-10% | 1% | Up to 5% |
| Dallas County | 7-10% | 1.5% | Up to 4.5% |
| Dekalb County | 9-11.5% | 1% | Up to 6.5% |
| Elmore County | 6-10% | 1% | Up to 5% |
| Escambia County | 9-11% | 2% | Up to 5% |
| Etowah County | 6-12% | 1% | Up to 7% |
| Fayette County | 7-9.5% | 2% | Up to 3.5% |
| Franklin County | 6-10% | 2% | Up to 4% |
| Geneva County | 6-9.5% | 2% | Up to 3.5% |
| Greene County | 7-10% | 3% | Up to 3% |
| Hale County | 7-10% | 3% | Up to 3% |
| Henry County | 6-10% | 2% | Up to 4% |
| Houston County | 8-10% | 1% | Up to 5% |
| Jackson County | 6-9% | 2% | Up to 3% |
| Jefferson County | 10% | 1% | Up to 5% |
| Lamar County | 8-9.5% | 2% | Up to 3.5% |
| Lauderdale County | 5.5-9.5% | 1.5% | Up to 4% |
| Lawrence County | 7-10% | 3% | Up to 3% |
| Lee County | 8-10% | 4% | Up to 2% |
| Limestone County | 6-10.5% | 2% | Up to 4.5% |
| Lowndes County | 9.25-10.5% | 4% | Up to 2.5% |
| Macon County | 6.5-11.5% | 2.5% | Up to 5% |
| Madison County | 5.5-10.5% | 0.5% | Up to 6% |
| Marengo County | 7-10% | 3% | Up to 3% |
| Marion County | 8-11% | 1% | Up to 6% |
| Marshall County | 8-12.5% | 3.5% | Up to 5% |
| Mobile County | 7.5-10% | 1.5% | Up to 4.5% |
| Monroe County | 7.5-10% | 3.5% | Up to 2.5% |
| Montgomery County | 6.5-10% | 2.5% | Up to 3.5% |
| Morgan County | 7-9% | 3% | Up to 2% |
| Perry County | 10% | 3% | Up to 3% |
| Pickens County | 8-10% | 4% | Up to 2% |
| Pike County | 9-10% | 2.5% | Up to 3.5% |
| Randolph County | 6.5-10% | 2.5% | Up to 3.5% |
| Russell County | 8-9.875% | 2.5% | Up to 3.375% |
| Shelby County | 9-12% | 4% | Up to 4% |
| St Clair County | 6-10% | 0% | Up to 6% |
| Sumter County | 7-11% | 3% | Up to 4% |
| Talladega County | 7-10% | 3% | Up to 3% |
| Tallapoosa County | 9-10% | 2% | Up to 4% |
| Tuscaloosa County | 9.5-10% | 5% | Up to 1% |
| Walker County | 8-10% | 2% | Up to 4% |
| Washington County | 5-10% | 1% | Up to 5% |
| Wilcox County | 8.5-11% | 4.5% | Up to 2.5% |
| Winston County | 8-10% | 2% | Up to 4% |
Please note that the calculator helps users for informational purposes only. Exact calculation results may vary by current location and may change over time as the tax rate changes.
More specific AL sales tax rate is established for a specific location. For example: sales tax in Montgomery (Montgomery County) is 10%, including all basic Alabama sales tax rates.
