Sales tax in Atlantic County, New Jersey

What is the sales tax rate in Atlantic County?

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

At 6.625%, a $100 purchase carries $6.63 in sales tax and a $1,000 purchase $66.25. That is general merchandise; New Jersey taxes some categories, often groceries, differently, as the note below explains.

Every county in New Jersey has the same 6.625% floor. See every New Jersey county.

Sales tax in counties next to Atlantic County

Atlantic County borders 6 counties.

Why the rate here is not the whole story

New Jersey's state sales tax is 6.625 percent and that is the rate at every address in Atlantic County. No New Jersey county levies a sales tax and county governments hold no power to levy one, and no municipality here may add a general sales tax either, which is why the Division of Taxation's own Rates and Boundaries page says New Jersey has a single rate sales tax for the entire State. Atlantic City charges a separate 9 percent luxury tax on a defined list of receipts, namely alcoholic drinks consumed on the premises, cover, minimum and entertainment charges, room rentals, the hire of rolling chairs, beach chairs and cabanas, and admission tickets, and on those items the state sales tax is cut to 3.625 percent so the combined charge is 12.625 percent. That is a different tax on a short list of items, not a general sales tax: the Division states that sales of packaged goods in Atlantic City are subject only to New Jersey sales tax at 6.625 percent, so ordinary shopping anywhere in this county is taxed at 6.625 percent. New Jersey does have reduced rates that sit below 6.625 percent, and they turn on the seller rather than the address: a business certified in an urban enterprise zone may charge half the state rate, 3.3125 percent, on qualifying in person sales of tangible personal property, where the buyer orders and takes delivery at the seller's place of business in the zone. The zones in this county cover Pleasantville, and a buyer pays the full 6.625 percent at every other address and at any seller in the zone that is not certified, so 6.625 percent is the rate to expect and the floor for everything the exemption does not cover. Most food sold as groceries, most clothing and footwear, and prescription and over the counter drugs are exempt from New Jersey sales tax, so many receipts here show no tax at all.

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

Use New Jersey's own address lookup.

Who has to collect sales tax in Atlantic County?

Any seller with a physical presence in New Jersey collects at the rate for the address of the sale; a remote seller does once it passes New Jersey's economic nexus threshold. New Jersey 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 New Jersey cross its economic nexus threshold. A different question from the rate.

• Property tax in Atlantic County

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

• Sales tax by county

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