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