Sales tax in Nez Perce County, Idaho

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The sales tax rate in Nez Perce County, Idaho is 6%. That is a 6% state rate, with nothing on top: Idaho counties cannot levy a sales tax, and it is the same at every address in the county. That rate was read from Idaho's own published schedule and checked on September 9, 2026.

What is the sales tax rate in Nez Perce County?

Sales tax rate components in Nez Perce County, Idaho
Idaho state rate6%
Combined rate6%

How much sales tax is that on a purchase in Nez Perce County?

At 6%, a $100 purchase carries $6.00 in sales tax and a $1,000 purchase $60.00. That is general merchandise; Idaho taxes some categories, often groceries, differently, as the note below explains.

Every county in Idaho has the same 6% floor. See every Idaho county.

Sales tax in counties next to Nez Perce County

Nez Perce County borders 7 counties, 3 of them in another state. The lowest rate next door is 0% in Wallowa County, OR, which is $60.00 less on a $1,000 purchase than Nez Perce County's rate.

Nez Perce County and its neighbors, highest rate first
CountyCombined sales tax
Asotin County, WA8.3% to 8.5%
Whitman County, WA8% to 8.2%
Clearwater County, ID6%
Idaho County, ID6% to 7%
Latah County, ID6%
Lewis County, ID6%
Nez Perce County, ID (this county)6%
Wallowa County, OR0%

Why the rate here is not the whole story

Idaho's state sales tax is 6 percent and Idaho counties have no authority to levy a general sales tax at all, so this county's own rate is a confirmed zero. Idaho Code section 50-1044 gives the power to resort cities only, meaning a city of 10,000 or fewer people that derives the major portion of its economic well being from businesses catering to visitors, and section 50-1046 requires 60 percent voter approval before a city may adopt one. Section 50-1048 speaks of what would follow "in the event that counties are given local-option nonproperty tax authority", which is the legislature saying plainly that they have not been. No city in Nez Perce County appears on the Tax Commission's list of Idaho cities levying a local sales tax, so the rate is 6 percent at every address in the county. Idaho does not exempt groceries. Food is taxed at the full 6 percent and residents instead claim a food tax credit on their Idaho income tax return, worth $155 per person for 2025 or up to $250 if receipts for sales tax paid on food are submitted, so a grocery receipt in Idaho carries tax that a shopper gets back once a year rather than at the register.

How do I find the exact rate for an address in Nez Perce County?

Use Idaho's own address lookup.

Who has to collect sales tax in Nez Perce County?

Any seller with a physical presence in Idaho collects at the rate for the address of the sale; a remote seller does once it passes Idaho's economic nexus threshold. Idaho sales tax covers the statewide rules and what is exempt.

Work out your own numbers

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