Sales tax in Howard County, Missouri

What is the sales tax rate in Howard County?

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

What is the sales tax rate in each city in Howard 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. Where a city shows a range, a special district covers only part of it, so the rate depends on the exact address.

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 Howard County?

At 8.1%, a $100 purchase carries $8.10 in sales tax and a $1,000 purchase $81.00, at the lowest rate in the county. At the highest, 10.225%, the same purchases carry $10.23 and $102.25. That is general merchandise; Missouri taxes some categories, often groceries, differently, as the note below explains.

Among Missouri's 115 counties, Howard County's lowest rate ranks 2nd highest. See every Missouri county.

Sales tax in counties next to Howard County

Howard County borders 5 counties. The lowest rate next door is 5.975% in Boone County, MO, which is $21.25 less on a $1,000 purchase than the lowest rate in Howard County.

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 2.875 percent countywide. The floor of 8.1 percent is unincorporated county where Howard County Ambulance District also applies. The ceiling of 10.225 percent is at Fayette, on top of Howard County Ambulance District and Historic Downtown Fayette Commercial CID. That ceiling comes from a community improvement district, which in Missouri can cover a single shopping center or one development rather than a whole city, so most addresses pay less. 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 Howard County?

Use Missouri's own address lookup, which the state designates and an outside provider runs for it. In Howard County the rate depends on the address, anywhere from 8.1% to 10.225%.

Who has to collect sales tax in Howard 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

• Sales tax calculator

  Tax on a specific purchase at this county's rate, and the total you will actually pay.

• Do you have to collect?

  Whether your sales into Missouri cross its economic nexus threshold. A different question from the rate.

• Property tax in Howard County

  The other local tax: effective rate and median bill for this county.

• Sales tax by county

  Every US county, and how Missouri compares with the rest of the country.