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NCDOR »   Taxes & Forms »   Sales and Use Tax »   Sales and Use Tax Rates & Other Information »   Sales and Use Tax Rates Effective October 1, 2020

Sales and Use Tax Rates Effective October 1, 2020

Listed below by county are the total (4.75% State rate plus applicable local rates) sales and use tax rates in effect:

County Rate   County Rate   County Rate
Alamance 6.75%   Franklin 6.75%   Pamlico 6.75%
Alexander 7%   Gaston 7%   Pasquotank 7%
Alleghany 6.75%   Gates 6.75%   Pender 6.75%
Anson 7%   Graham 7%   Perquimans 6.75%
Ashe 7%   Granville 6.75%   Person 6.75%
Avery 6.75%   Greene 7%   Pitt 7%
Beaufort 6.75%   Guilford 6.75%   Polk 6.75%
Bertie 7%   Halifax 7%   Randolph 7%
Bladen 6.75%   Harnett 7%   Richmond 6.75%
Brunswick 6.75%   Haywood 7%   Robeson 7%
Buncombe 7%   Henderson 6.75%   Rockingham 7%
Burke 6.75%   Hertford 7%   Rowan 7%
Cabarrus 7%   Hoke 6.75%   Rutherford 7%
Caldwell 6.75%   Hyde 6.75%   Sampson 7%
Camden 6.75%   Iredell 6.75%   Scotland 6.75%
Carteret 6.75%   Jackson 7%   Stanly 7%
Caswell 6.75%   Johnston 6.75%   Stokes 6.75%
Catawba 7%   Jones 7%   Surry 7%
Chatham 7%   Lee 7%   Swain 7%
Cherokee 7%   Lenoir 6.75%   Transylvania 6.75%
Chowan 6.75%   Lincoln 7%   Tyrrell 6.75%
Clay 7%   Macon 6.75%   Union 6.75%
Cleveland 6.75%   Madison 7%   Vance 6.75%
Columbus 6.75%   Martin 7%   Wake 7.25%*
Craven 6.75%   McDowell 6.75%   Warren 6.75%
Cumberland 7%   Mecklenburg 7.25%*   Washington 6.75%
Currituck 6.75%   Mitchell 6.75%   Watauga 6.75%
Dare 6.75%   Montgomery 7%   Wayne 6.75%
Davidson 7%   Moore 7%   Wilkes 7%
Davie 6.75%   Nash 6.75%   Wilson 6.75%
Duplin 7%   New Hanover 7%   Yadkin 6.75%
Durham 7.5%*   Northampton 6.75%   Yancey 6.75%
Edgecombe 7%   Onslow 7%      
Forsyth 7%   Orange 7.5%*      

* Includes the 0.50% transit county sales and use tax.

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