Alaska sales tax

What is the Alaska sales tax rate in 2026?

To put the numbers in a sentence: the Alaska state rate is 0%, the average local rate is 1.82%, and the typical combined rate is 1.82%.

Do local jurisdictions add their own sales tax in Alaska?

Yes, and in Alaska they are the only ones charging it. The 1.82% figure above is a statewide average, which means it is wrong for almost every specific address. Two shops a few miles apart can charge different totals on the same item because they sit in different taxing jurisdictions. If you are collecting tax, or checking a receipt, the average is a sanity check and not an answer. Use the official lookup below.

What is the sales tax rate in my county in Alaska?

Every one of Alaska's counties has its own page with the rate, its components, and what the rate does not cover: Alaska sales tax by county. That is where the question is usually settled, because a statewide average is wrong for almost every specific address.

What is unusual about sales tax in Alaska?

No state sales tax, but over 100 municipalities levy their own local sales tax (up to 7.85% in some areas); many localities exempt groceries or offer seasonal exemptions.

How do I calculate sales tax on a purchase in Alaska?

Start by finding out whether the jurisdiction you are buying in charges anything at all, because many places in Alaska charge nothing. There is no statewide rate to fall back on, and the 1.82% average is an average across jurisdictions that charge wildly different amounts, including a great many that charge zero. Applying it to a specific purchase would give you a number that is wrong almost everywhere.

Once you know the local rate, the arithmetic is ordinary: multiply the taxable price by that rate. A 5% local rate on a $100 purchase is $5.00 of tax. Confirm the rate for the exact address before relying on it.

When does a business have to collect Alaska sales tax?

There is no state-level obligation, because there is no state sales tax to collect. The obligation is local, and Alaska handles it in an unusual way: the municipalities that do levy a sales tax administer collection jointly under a single uniform code, so a remote seller faces one threshold rather than dozens.

That threshold is $100,000 in statewide gross sales delivered into Alaska, measured over the current or previous calendar year. Exempt sales count toward it, so you can cross the line on revenue you never charged tax on.

Alaska has no statewide sales tax, so there is no state-level economic nexus. However, over 45 municipalities that levy their own local sales tax administer collection jointly through the Alaska Remote Seller Sales Tax Commission (ARSSTC) under a single uniform code: $100,000 in statewide gross sales delivered into Alaska. The 200-transaction prong was repealed effective Jan. 1, 2025.

You can check your own numbers against every state with the economic nexus checker.

How do I find the exact sales tax rate for an address in Alaska?

Use the state's own lookup rather than an average. Alaska publishes an official rate finder at https://arsstc.org/, which returns the combined rate for a specific address. That is the figure that governs what you charge or what you should have been charged.

The flat truth on Alaska sales tax

Do not repeat the line that Alaska has no sales tax without the second half of the sentence. There is no state rate, but local rates average 1.82% and are very real to whoever is paying them. What you owe depends on where you are.

See also: Alaska property tax by county and state income tax rates.