Sales receipt showing sales tax in many places in Los Angeles County, including the City of Los Angeles. Los Angeles Almanac Photo.
Also see:
-- Sales Tax Distributions to Los Angeles County & Cities
-- Taxable Retail Sales by City in Los Angeles County
Sales taxes within California are broken as follows:
-- 6.00% to the State
-- 1.00% to local city/county operation funds
-- 0.25% to county transportation funds.
Any sales tax above the 7.25% above is levied locally by local city, county, public services, and special districts. California law caps combined local sales taxes at no more than 2.00% above the 7.25%. However, the state legislature routinely authorizes local governments to exceed that cap, through separate legislation. Thus, all sales tax rates throughout Los Angeles County are 9.50% or more. Santa Fe Springs even levies a 10.50% sales tax.
The sales tax rate within unincorporated Los Angeles County is 9.50%. Of the county's 88 incorporated cities, 35 also have a 9.50% sales tax rate. The remaining 53 cities listed below have sales tax rates higher than 9.50%.
| City | Sales Tax |
|---|---|
| Alhambra | 10.25% |
| Arcadia | 10.25% |
| Avalon | 10.00% |
| Azusa | 10.25% |
| Bell Gardens | 10.25% |
| Bellflower | 10.25% |
| Burbank | 10.25% |
| Carson | 10.25% |
| Commerce | 10.25% |
| Compton | 10.25% |
| Covina | 10.25% |
| Cudahy | 10.25% |
| Culver City | 10.25% |
| Downey | 10.00% |
| Duarte | 10.25% |
| El Monte | 10.00% |
| Gardena | 10.25% |
| Glendale | 10.25% |
| Glendora | 10.25% |
| Hawaiian Gardens | 10.25% |
| Hawthorne | 10.25% |
| Huntington Park | 10.25% |
| Inglewood | 10.00% |
| Irwindale | 10.25% |
| La Puente | 10.00% |
| La Verne | 10.25% |
| Lakewood | 10.25% |
| Lancaster | 10.25% |
| Lawndale | 10.25% |
| Lomita | 10.25% |
| Long Beach | 10.25% |
| Lynwood | 10.25% |
| Monrovia | 10.25% |
| Montebello | 10.25% |
| Norwalk | 10.25% |
| Palmdale | 10.25% |
| Paramount | 10.25% |
| Pasadena | 10.25% |
| Pico Rivera | 10.25% |
| Pomona | 10.25% |
| San Fernando | 10.25% |
| San Gabriel | 10.25% |
| Santa Fe Springs | 10.50% |
| Santa Monica | 10.25% |
| Sierra Madre | 10.25% |
| Signal Hill | 10.25% |
| South El Monte | 10.25% |
| South Gate | 10.25% |
| South Pasadena | 10.25% |
| Torrance | 10.00% |
| Vernon | 10.25% |
| West Hollywood | 10.25% |
| Whittier | 10.25% |
Source: California Dept. of Tax and Fee Administration
