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9-11% seriously? Where do you live?





Major Cities with High Sales Taxes

Along with the state sales tax report, the Tax Foundation also studied sales tax rates in the 107 major U.S. cities with populations over 200,000. This study found that the cities with the highest combined state, county, and city sales taxes are Birmingham, AL (10%), Montgomery, AL (10%), Long Beach, CA (9.75%), Los Angeles, CA (9.75%), Oakland, CA (9.75%), Fremont, CA (9.75%), Chicago, IL (9.75%), Glendale, AZ (9.6%), Seattle, WA (9.5%) and San Francisco, CA (9.5%).
 
Chicago also has an extra 1.25% they add on to prepared food, bringing it up to 10.75% for lunch. It used to be higher, believe it or not...

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