Sales tax in Bernalillo County, New Mexico

What is the sales tax rate in Bernalillo County?

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

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

At 6.1875%, a $100 purchase carries $6.19 in sales tax and a $1,000 purchase $61.88, at the lowest rate in the county. At the highest, 8.075%, the same purchases carry $8.08 and $80.75. That is general merchandise; New Mexico taxes some categories, often groceries, differently, as the note below explains.

Among New Mexico's 33 counties, Bernalillo County's lowest rate ranks 24th highest, level with 1 other county. See every New Mexico county.

Sales tax in counties next to Bernalillo County

Bernalillo County borders 5 counties. The lowest rate next door is 6.125% in Sandoval County, NM, which is $0.63 less on a $1,000 purchase than the lowest rate in Bernalillo County.

Why the rate here is not the whole story

New Mexico has no sales tax in the strict sense. It levies a gross receipts tax, or GRT, on the seller for the privilege of doing business, and the seller normally passes it on at the register, so it works like a sales tax for a buyer. The state charges 4.875 percent and municipalities add their own on top, but Bernalillo County's own levy is not one number either: it is 1.3125 percent in the unincorporated remainder of the county and 1.1875 percent inside a municipality, because part of the county levy applies only outside city limits. The floor of 6.1875 percent is the remainder of the county, outside any municipality. The ceiling of 8.075 percent is at the Village of Tijeras, the only municipality in the county at that rate. The schedule carries separate location codes for pueblo and tribal land in this county, and those codes can sit above or below the county rate; any tax a sovereign nation levies of its own is not collected or published by the department. The schedule prints 0 percent for one Isleta Pueblo code, which covers sales to the pueblo or its members on pueblo land rather than general retail, so it is not the floor an ordinary buyer pays. Food for home consumption sold by a retail food store is deductible from gross receipts under Section 7-9-92 NMSA 1978, so groceries are generally not taxed at the till, while prepared food and restaurant meals are. Confirm an address on the department's own rate map before charging it.

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

Use New Mexico's own address lookup. In Bernalillo County the rate depends on the address, anywhere from 6.1875% to 8.075%.

Who has to collect sales tax in Bernalillo County?

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

• Property tax in Bernalillo County

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

• Sales tax by county

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