Sales tax in Cumberland County, New Jersey

What is the sales tax rate in Cumberland County?

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

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

At 6.625%, a $100 purchase carries $6.63 in sales tax and a $1,000 purchase $66.25, at the lowest rate in the county. At the highest, 8.625%, the same purchases carry $8.63 and $86.25. 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 Cumberland County

Cumberland County borders 5 counties, 1 of them in another state. The lowest rate next door is 0% in Kent County, DE, which is $66.25 less on a $1,000 purchase than the lowest rate in Cumberland County.

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 almost every address in Cumberland County, but this is the one county in the State where a local government adds tax to general retail. Under the Sports and Entertainment District Urban Revitalization Act, P.L.2007 c.30 (N.J.S.A. 34:1B-190 et seq.), the City of Millville established a sports and entertainment district at the New Jersey Motorsports Park and imposed a 2 percent local tax on receipts from sales and rentals of tangible personal property, food and drink, hotel occupancy and admission charges inside that district, which is why the ceiling here is 8.625 percent. That ceiling covers businesses operating inside that one district, not Millville as a whole and not the rest of the county, so print it only with this explanation. Cumberland County itself levies nothing and holds no power to. Urban enterprise zones in Bridgeton, Millville and Vineland let a certified seller charge half the state rate, 3.3125 percent, on qualifying in person sales of tangible personal property, which is a reduction that depends on the seller's certification rather than on the address. 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 Cumberland County?

Use New Jersey's own address lookup. In Cumberland County the rate depends on the address, anywhere from 6.625% to 8.625%.

Who has to collect sales tax in Cumberland 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 Cumberland 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.