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Sales tax in Carroll County, Missouri

By Brent Chudoba, editor Updated

There is no single sales tax rate in Carroll County. It runs from 6.225% to 9.225% depending on the exact address, because cities and special districts inside the county levy their own on top of the 4.225% state rate. The 4.225% state rate applies everywhere in the county; everything above that depends on where you are standing. These rates were read from Missouri's own published schedule and checked on October 1, 2026. The rate in each of the 9 cities is in the table below.

What is the sales tax rate in Carroll County?

Sales tax rate components in Carroll County, Missouri
Missouri state rate4.225%
Carroll County rate1.5%
Lowest combined rate in the county6.225%
Highest combined rate in the county9.225%

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

What is the sales tax rate in each city in Carroll County?

Missouri publishes the rate for every city it taxes. These are the combined rates, state and local together, as listed in Missouri's own rate file.

Sales tax rate by city in Carroll County, Missouri
CityOctober 1 to December 31, 2026
Bogard6.225%
Bosworth6.225%
Carrollton9.225%
De Witt6.225%
Hale8.225%
Norborne7.725%
Stet6.225%
Tina6.225%
Wakenda6.225%
Unincorporated Carroll County6.225%

Source: Missouri rate file for October 1 to December 31, 2026, from Missouri's official rate page.

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

At 6.225%, a $100 purchase carries $6.23 in sales tax and a $1,000 purchase $62.25, at the lowest rate in the county. At the highest, 9.225%, the same purchases carry $9.23 and $92.25. That is general merchandise; Missouri taxes some categories, often groceries, differently, as the note below explains.

Among Missouri's 115 counties, Carroll County's lowest rate ranks 58th highest, level with 13 other counties. See every Missouri county.

Sales tax in counties next to Carroll County

Carroll County borders 6 counties. The lowest rate next door is 5.85% in Livingston County, MO, which is $3.75 less on a $1,000 purchase than the lowest rate in Carroll County.

Carroll County and its neighbors, highest rate first
CountyCombined sales tax
Caldwell County, MO6.725% to 9.975%
Ray County, MO6.725% to 10.725%
Lafayette County, MO6.475% to 10.475%
Chariton County, MO6.225% to 8.725%
Saline County, MO6.225% to 8.975%
Carroll County, MO (this county)6.225% to 9.225%
Livingston County, MO5.85% to 9.35%

Why the rate here is not the whole story

Missouri charges 4.225 percent statewide and then stacks a county rate, city rates and special district rates whose boundaries do not follow county lines, so a single rate for the whole county does not exist. The county itself levies 1.5 percent countywide. The floor of 6.225 percent is unincorporated county where Carroll County Ambulance District also applies. The ceiling of 9.225 percent is at Carrollton, on top of Carroll County Ambulance District. Missouri's address level rate map is required by RSMo 32.310 and is operated for the Department of Revenue on a vendor domain, which is the map dor.mo.gov itself links.

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

Use Missouri's own address lookup, which the state designates and an outside provider runs for it. In Carroll County the rate depends on the address, anywhere from 6.225% to 9.225%.

Who has to collect sales tax in Carroll County?

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

Work out your own numbers

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