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Sales tax in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska

By Brent Chudoba, editor Updated

There is no single sales tax rate in Scotts Bluff County. It runs from 5.5% to 7.5% depending on the exact address, because cities and special districts inside the county levy their own on top of the 5.5% state rate. The 5.5% state rate applies everywhere in the county; everything above that depends on where you are standing. These rates were read from Nebraska's own published schedule and checked on September 9, 2026.

What is the sales tax rate in Scotts Bluff County?

Sales tax rate components in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska
Nebraska state rate5.5%
Lowest combined rate in the county5.5%
Highest combined rate in the county7.5%

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

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

At 5.5%, a $100 purchase carries $5.50 in sales tax and a $1,000 purchase $55.00, at the lowest rate in the county. At the highest, 7.5%, the same purchases carry $7.50 and $75.00. That is general merchandise; Nebraska taxes some categories, often groceries, differently, as the note below explains.

Scotts Bluff County's lowest rate is the lowest in Nebraska, shared with 91 other counties. See every Nebraska county.

Sales tax in counties next to Scotts Bluff County

Scotts Bluff County borders 5 counties, 1 of them in another state. The lowest rate next door is 5.25% in Goshen County, WY, which is $2.50 less on a $1,000 purchase than the lowest rate in Scotts Bluff County.

Scotts Bluff County and its neighbors, highest rate first
CountyCombined sales tax
Banner County, NE5.5%
Box Butte County, NE5.5% to 7%
Morrill County, NE5.5% to 6.5%
Sioux County, NE5.5% to 7%
Scotts Bluff County, NE (this county)5.5% to 7.5%
Goshen County, WY5.25%

Why the rate here is not the whole story

Nebraska's state rate is 5.5 percent and local sales tax is levied almost entirely by cities and villages rather than by counties, at 0.5 percent up to 2 percent adopted at a local election under the Local Option Revenue Act. Dakota County is the only county in Nebraska levying a county sales tax, so Scotts Bluff County's own levy is a confirmed zero and the county line is not the tax boundary. Six incorporated places in Scotts Bluff County charge a local rate, running from 1 percent to 2 percent, the top rate being at Gering. The combined rate therefore runs from 5.5 percent in the unincorporated county and in any village with no local tax up to 7.5 percent in Gering. Nebraska rates change only on January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1, and the department's Sales Tax Rate Finder is the only thing that answers the question for one address.

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

Use Nebraska's own address lookup. In Scotts Bluff County the rate depends on the address, anywhere from 5.5% to 7.5%.

Who has to collect sales tax in Scotts Bluff County?

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

Work out your own numbers

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