To calculate North Carolina sales tax, use our calculator. It takes into account the statewide sales tax rate which is 4.75% for NC, while other sales tax rates (countywide or some local) can be entered by yourself according to the data below.
What is North Carolina sales tax?
North Carolina sales tax rate is currently 4.75%, but it can vary from 6.75% to 7.5% due to local tax rates up to 2.75%. More than half of the counties in the state have no local taxes, only county-level sales tax.
Check the table below to choose county and local sales tax rates you need.
How to calculate North Carolina sales tax?
NC sales tax is statewide tax rate which is made up of a basic rate plus mandatory local rate. North Carolina 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 NC sales tax calculator:
| County Name | Maximum Tax Rate | County-wide sales tax rate | Additional local sales taxes |
| Alamance County | 7.5% | 2% | Up to 0.75% |
| Alexander County | 7% | 2% | Up to 0.25% |
| Alleghany County | 7% | 2.25% | 0% |
| Anson County | 7% | 2.25% | 0% |
| Ashe County | 7% | 2.25% | 0% |
| Avery County | 6.75% | 2% | 0% |
| Beaufort County | 7% | 2% | Up to 0.25% |
| Bertie County | 7% | 2.25% | 0% |
| Bladen County | 7% | 2% | Up to 0.25% |
| Brunswick County | 6.75% | 2% | 0% |
| Buncombe County | 7% | 2.25% | 0% |
| Burke County | 7% | 2% | Up to 0.25% |
| Cabarrus County | 7.25% | 2.25% | Up to 0.25% |
| Caldwell County | 7% | 2% | Up to 0.25% |
| Camden County | 6.75% | 2% | 0% |
| Carteret County | 7% | 2% | Up to 0.25% |
| Caswell County | 7.5% | 2% | Up to 0.75% |
| Catawba County | 7% | 2.25% | 0% |
| Chatham County | 7.5% | 2.25% | Up to 0.5% |
| Cherokee County | 7% | 2.25% | 0% |
| Chowan County | 6.75% | 2% | 0% |
| Clay County | 7% | 2.25% | 0% |
| Cleveland County | 7% | 2% | Up to 0.25% |
| Columbus County | 6.75% | 2% | 0% |
| Craven County | 7% | 2.25% | 0% |
| Cumberland County | 7% | 2.25% | 0% |
| Currituck County | 6.75% | 2% | 0% |
| Dare County | 6.75% | 2% | 0% |
| Davidson County | 7% | 2.25% | 0% |
| Davie County | 6.75% | 2% | 0% |
| Duplin County | 7% | 2.25% | 0% |
| Durham County | 7.5% | 2.25% | Up to 0.5% |
| Edgecombe County | 7% | 2.25% | 0% |
| Forsyth County | 7% | 2.25% | 0% |
| Franklin County | 7.25% | 2% | Up to 0.5% |
| Gaston County | 7.25% | 2.25% | 0% |
| Gates County | 6.75% | 2% | 0% |
| Graham County | 7% | 2.25% | 0% |
| Granville County | 7.25% | 2% | Up to 0.5% |
| Greene County | 7% | 2.25% | 0% |
| Guilford County | 7% | 2.25% | 0% |
| Halifax County | 7% | 2.25% | 0% |
| Harnett County | 7.25% | 2.25% | Up to 0.25% |
| Haywood County | 7% | 2.25% | 0% |
| Henderson County | 7% | 2% | Up to 0.25% |
| Hertford County | 7% | 2.25% | 0% |
| Hoke County | 7% | 2.25% | 0% |
| Hyde County | 6.75% | 2% | 0% |
| Iredell County | 7% | 2% | Up to 0.25% |
| Jackson County | 7% | 2.25% | 0% |
| Johnston County | 7.25% | 2% | Up to 0.5% |
| Jones County | 7% | 2.25% | 0% |
| Lee County | 7% | 2.25% | 0% |
| Lenoir County | 7% | 2.25% | 0% |
| Lincoln County | 7% | 2.25% | 0% |
| Macon County | 7% | 2% | Up to 0.25% |
| Madison County | 7% | 2.25% | 0% |
| Martin County | 7% | 2.25% | 0% |
| Mcdowell County | 7% | 2.25% | 0% |
| Mecklenburg County | 7.25% | 2% | Up to 0.5% |
| Mitchell County | 6.75% | 2% | 0% |
| Montgomery County | 7% | 2.25% | 0% |
| Moore County | 7% | 2.25% | 0% |
| Nash County | 7% | 2% | Up to 0.25% |
| New Hanover County | 7% | 2.25% | 0% |
| Northampton County | 7% | 2% | Up to 0.25% |
| Onslow County | 7% | 2.25% | 0% |
| Orange County | 7.5% | 2.25% | Up to 0.5% |
| Pamlico County | 6.75% | 2% | 0% |
| Pasquotank County | 7% | 2.25% | 0% |
| Pender County | 7% | 2% | Up to 0.25% |
| Perquimans County | 7% | 2% | 0% |
| Person County | 7.5% | 2% | Up to 0.75% |
| Pitt County | 7% | 2.25% | 0% |
| Polk County | 7% | 2% | Up to 0.25% |
| Randolph County | 7% | 2.25% | 0% |
| Richmond County | 7% | 2% | Up to 0.25% |
| Robeson County | 7% | 2.25% | 0% |
| Rockingham County | 7% | 2.25% | 0% |
| Rowan County | 7% | 2.25% | 0% |
| Rutherford County | 7% | 2.25% | 0% |
| Sampson County | 7% | 2.25% | 0% |
| Scotland County | 7% | 2% | Up to 0.25% |
| Stanly County | 7% | 2.25% | 0% |
| Stokes County | 7% | 2.25% | 0% |
| Surry County | 7% | 2.25% | 0% |
| Swain County | 7% | 2.25% | 0% |
| Transylvania County | 7% | 2% | Up to 0.25% |
| Tyrrell County | 6.75% | 2% | 0% |
| Union County | 7.25% | 2% | Up to 0.5% |
| Vance County | 6.75% | 2% | 0% |
| Wake County | 7.5% | 2% | Up to 0.75% |
| Warren County | 7% | 2% | Up to 0.25% |
| Washington County | 6.75% | 2% | 0% |
| Watauga County | 7% | 2% | Up to 0.25% |
| Wayne County | 7% | 2% | Up to 0.25% |
| Wilkes County | 7% | 2.25% | 0% |
| Wilson County | 7% | 2% | Up to 0.25% |
| Yadkin County | 7% | 2% | Up to 0.25% |
| Yancey County | 7% | 2% | Up to 0.25% |
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 NC sales tax rate is established for a specific location. For example: sales tax in Charlotte (Mecklenburg County) is 7.25%, including all basic North Carolina sales tax rates.
