Sales tax in Rush County, Kansas
There is no single sales tax rate in Rush County. It runs from 6.5% to 9.5% 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.
What is the sales tax rate in Rush County?
| Kansas state rate | 6.5% |
|---|---|
| Lowest combined rate in the county | 6.5% |
| Highest combined rate in the county | 9.5% |
The two combined figures are the lowest and highest totals found anywhere inside the county. They are not a state rate plus a county rate added together, and adding the rows above will not reproduce them, because cities and special districts levy in between.
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 no sales tax. The floor of 6.5 percent is state plus county in unincorporated areas with no city and no district tax. The ceiling of 9.5 percent is at La Crosse. 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 Rush County?
Because the rate changes within the county, an address is the only way to get it right. Use Kansas's own lookup. A vendor's calculator is not the state speaking.
Who has to collect sales tax in Rush County?
A seller with a physical presence in Kansas collects at the rate for the address where the sale takes place. A remote seller collects once it passes Kansas's economic nexus threshold, which is a separate question from the rate and is covered on our sales tax nexus checker. Marketplace facilitators generally collect on behalf of their sellers.
How does Rush County compare?
See Kansas sales tax for the statewide picture, including the average local rate and what is exempt. Property tax is a separate tax with separate rules: property tax in Rush County.
Sources
- Rush County rates: Kansas Department of Revenue, Publication KS-1700 Sales and Use Tax Jurisdiction Codes (Local Sales Tax Rates by Jurisdiction), Excel edition pub17000726.xlsx effective July 1 2026, https://www.ksrevenue.gov/pdf/pub17000726.xlsx, with jurisdiction codes joined to county FIPS using the department's Third Quarter 2026 Kansas SSTP Boundary file KSB2026Q3MAY20.csv, https://www.ksrevenue.gov/downloads/KSJuly26SSTP.zip
- Collected and verified September 9, 2026. Confidence: P on the rate components, P on the range (P read on a primary agency page, S strong but indirect, U unverified).