Sales tax in Elk County, Kansas
There is no single sales tax rate in Elk County. It runs from 7.5% to 8.5% depending on the exact address, because cities and special districts inside the county levy their own on top of the 6.5% state rate. The 6.5% state rate applies everywhere in the county; everything above that depends on where you are standing. These rates were read from Kansas's own published schedule and checked on October 1, 2026.
What is the sales tax rate in Elk County?
| Kansas state rate | 6.5% |
|---|---|
| Elk County rate | 1% |
| Lowest combined rate in the county | 7.5% |
| Highest combined rate in the county | 8.5% |
The combined figures are the lowest and highest totals anywhere in Elk County, so the rows above do not add up to them.
How much sales tax is that on a purchase in Elk County?
At 7.5%, a $100 purchase carries $7.50 in sales tax and a $1,000 purchase $75.00, at the lowest rate in the county. At the highest, 8.5%, the same purchases carry $8.50 and $85.00. That is general merchandise; Kansas taxes some categories, often groceries, differently, as the note below explains.
Among Kansas's 105 counties, Elk County's lowest rate ranks 41st highest, level with 48 other counties. See every Kansas county.
Sales tax in counties next to Elk County
Elk County borders 6 counties. The lowest rate next door is 6.5% in Butler County, KS, which is $10.00 less on a $1,000 purchase than the lowest rate in Elk County.
| County | Combined sales tax |
|---|---|
| Chautauqua County, KS | 7.5% to 9% |
| Greenwood County, KS | 7.5% to 9.5% |
| Wilson County, KS | 7.5% to 10.5% |
| Elk County, KS (this county) | 7.5% to 8.5% |
| Butler County, KS | 6.5% to 10.5% |
| Cowley County, KS | 6.5% to 9.5% |
| Montgomery County, KS | 6.5% to 11.5% |
Why the rate here is not the whole story
Kansas charges 6.5 percent statewide on general merchandise and then stacks a county rate, city rates and community improvement or transportation development district rates whose boundaries do not follow county lines, so a single rate for the whole county does not exist. The county itself levies 1 percent countywide. The floor of 7.5 percent is state plus county in unincorporated areas with no city and no district tax. The ceiling of 8.5 percent is at Howard. Kansas finished phasing its state rate on qualifying food down to 0 percent on January 1 2025, so groceries pay only the local part of these rates, but the figures here are the general merchandise rates.
How do I find the exact rate for an address in Elk County?
Use Kansas's own address lookup. In Elk County the rate depends on the address, anywhere from 7.5% to 8.5%.
Who has to collect sales tax in Elk County?
Any seller with a physical presence in Kansas collects at the rate for the address of the sale; a remote seller does once it passes Kansas's economic nexus threshold. Kansas sales tax covers the statewide rules and what is exempt.
Work out your own numbers
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Sales tax calculator
Tax on a specific purchase at this county's rate, and the total you will actually pay.
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Do you have to collect?
Whether your sales into Kansas cross its economic nexus threshold. A different question from the rate.
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Property tax in Elk County
The other local tax: effective rate and median bill for this county.
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Sales tax by county
Every US county, and how Kansas compares with the rest of the country.
Sources
- Elk County rates: Kansas Department of Revenue, Publication KS-1700 Sales and Use Tax Jurisdiction Codes (Local Sales Tax Rates by Jurisdiction), Excel edition pub17001026.xlsx effective October 1 2026, https://www.ksrevenue.gov/pdf/pub17001026.xlsx, with jurisdiction codes joined to county FIPS using the department's Fourth Quarter 2026 Kansas SSTP Boundary file KSB2026Q4AUG19.csv, https://www.ksrevenue.gov/downloads/KSOct26SSTP.zip
- Collected and verified October 1, 2026. Confidence: P on the rate components, P on the range (P read on a primary agency page, S strong but indirect, U unverified).