Sales tax in Westchester County, New York

What is the sales tax rate in Westchester County?

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

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

At 8.375%, a $100 purchase carries $8.38 in sales tax and a $1,000 purchase $83.75, at the lowest rate in the county. At the highest, 8.875%, the same purchases carry $8.88 and $88.75. That is general merchandise; New York taxes some categories, often groceries, differently, as the note below explains.

Among New York's 62 counties, Westchester County's lowest rate ranks 11th highest, level with 2 other counties. See every New York county.

Sales tax in counties next to Westchester County

Westchester County borders 6 counties, 2 of them in another state. The lowest rate next door is 6.35% in Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT, which is $20.25 less on a $1,000 purchase than the lowest rate in Westchester County.

Why the rate here is not the whole story

New York's state rate is 4 percent and Westchester County levies a sales tax of 4 percent on top of it, for a combined 8.375 percent at most addresses in the county once the transportation district surcharge below is added. In New York the state and the counties both levy, and cities may levy as well, but towns and villages may not. Mount Vernon, New Rochelle, White Plains and Yonkers each levy a city sales tax inside Westchester County, and Yonkers is the one that pushes the total above the rest of the county, to 8.875 percent. In the other three cities New York lets the city take over part of the county's rate rather than stack on top of it, so their combined rate matches the county's 8.375 percent even though the split between city and county is different. A further 0.375 percent is collected throughout the Metropolitan Commuter Transportation District, which covers New York City and the counties of Dutchess, Nassau, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Suffolk and Westchester. That surcharge is neither a state tax nor a county tax, so it is not carried in either rate field and shows up only in the combined figure. Clothing and footwear sold for less than $110 per item are exempt from the state 4 percent everywhere in New York, but Westchester County does not provide the matching local exemption, so the local rate still applies to those sales.

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

Use New York's own address lookup. In Westchester County the rate depends on the address, anywhere from 8.375% to 8.875%.

Who has to collect sales tax in Westchester County?

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

• Property tax in Westchester County

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

• Sales tax by county

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