Sales Tax Calculator

Add sales tax to a price or remove it from a tax-included total — see the pre-tax amount, the tax and the grand total.

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Add tax or work backwards

Use Add tax when you have a shelf price and want the checkout total. Use Remove tax when you have a receipt total and need the pre-tax amount — useful for expense reports and bookkeeping, where you separate the net price from the tax collected.

Private by design. Calculations run in your browser; nothing is uploaded.

Frequently asked questions

How do I back tax out of a total?

Switch to Remove tax and enter the tax-included total. The tool divides by one plus the rate to recover the pre-tax amount.

What tax rate should I use?

Use your local combined sales tax rate (state plus any local rates). The tool accepts any percentage.

Is my data uploaded?

No, it is all calculated locally.

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