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Sales tax in Ellis County, Kansas

By Brent Chudoba, editor Updated

There is no single sales tax rate in Ellis County. It runs from 7% to 11.25% 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 Ellis County?

Sales tax rate components in Ellis County, Kansas
Kansas state rate6.5%
Ellis County rate0.5%
Lowest combined rate in the county7%
Highest combined rate in the county11.25%

The combined figures are the lowest and highest totals anywhere in Ellis County, so the rows above do not add up to them.

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

At 7%, a $100 purchase carries $7.00 in sales tax and a $1,000 purchase $70.00, at the lowest rate in the county. At the highest, 11.25%, the same purchases carry $11.25 and $112.50. That is general merchandise; Kansas taxes some categories, often groceries, differently, as the note below explains.

Among Kansas's 105 counties, Ellis County's lowest rate ranks 91st highest, level with 4 other counties. See every Kansas county.

Sales tax in counties next to Ellis County

Ellis County borders 6 counties. The lowest rate next door is 6.5% in Ness County, KS, which is $5.00 less on a $1,000 purchase than the lowest rate in Ellis County.

Ellis County and its neighbors, highest rate first
CountyCombined sales tax
Russell County, KS8.5% to 11.25%
Osborne County, KS8% to 8.5%
Trego County, KS7.5% to 10.5%
Rooks County, KS7% to 9.5%
Ellis County, KS (this county)7% to 11.25%
Ness County, KS6.5% to 8.5%
Rush County, KS6.5% to 9.5%

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 0.5 percent countywide. The floor of 7 percent is state plus county in unincorporated areas with no city and no district tax. The ceiling of 11.25 percent is at Hays 48th & Roth Avenue CID, one of 6 locations in the county at that rate, a community improvement or transportation development district that covers a single development rather than a town, so it applies only to the street addresses the state lists for it and not to the surrounding city. 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 Ellis County?

Use Kansas's own address lookup. In Ellis County the rate depends on the address, anywhere from 7% to 11.25%.

Who has to collect sales tax in Ellis 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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