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Florida sales tax on a car deal, figured in seconds
Pick the buyer's county and enter the price. See the state tax and the county surtax the way a Florida deal is taxed, at each county's current rate.
County rates come from the Florida Department of Revenue and are checked every business day.
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- Alachua1.5% surtax
- Baker1% surtax
- Bay1% surtax
- Bradford1% surtax
- Brevard1% surtax
- Broward1% surtax
- Calhoun1.5% surtax
- Charlotte1% surtax
- CitrusNo surtax
- Clay1.5% surtax
- CollierNo surtax
- Columbia1.5% surtax
- DeSoto1.5% surtax
- Dixie1% surtax
- Duval1.5% surtax
- Escambia1.5% surtax
- Flagler1% surtax
- Franklin1.5% surtax
- Gadsden1.5% surtax
- Gilchrist1% surtax
- Glades1% surtax
- Gulf1% surtax
- Hamilton2% surtax
- Hardee1% surtax
- Hendry1.5% surtax
- Hernando0.5% surtax
- Highlands1.5% surtax
- Hillsborough1.5% surtax
- Holmes1.5% surtax
- Indian River1% surtax
- Jackson1.5% surtax
- Jefferson1% surtax
- Lafayette1% surtax
- Lake1% surtax
- Lee0.5% surtax
- Leon1.5% surtax
- Levy1% surtax
- Liberty1.5% surtax
- Madison1.5% surtax
- Manatee1% surtax
- Marion1.5% surtax
- Martin0.5% surtax
- Miami-Dade1% surtax
- Monroe1.5% surtax
- Nassau1% surtax
- Okaloosa1% surtax
- Okeechobee1% surtax
- Orange0.5% surtax
- Osceola1.5% surtax
- Palm Beach0.5% surtax
- Pasco1% surtax
- Pinellas1% surtax
- Polk1% surtax
- Putnam1% surtax
- Santa Rosa1% surtax
- Sarasota1% surtax
- Seminole1% surtax
- St. Johns0.5% surtax
- St. Lucie1% surtax
- Sumter1% surtax
- Suwannee1% surtax
- Taylor1% surtax
- Union1% surtax
- Volusia0.5% surtax
- Wakulla1.5% surtax
- Walton1% surtax
- Washington1.5% surtax
Where the buyer lives, as on the registration. Not where your lot is.
Comes off the taxable price.
Fees you charge on the sale, like a dealer fee. Leave out tag and title fees.
Checking the latest county rates…
Sales tax
Miami-Dade1%6.27% of the taxable price
- Taxable pricePrice and dealer fees, less the trade-in
- $18,450.00
- State tax6% of $18,450.00
- $1,107.00
- Miami-Dade County surtax1% of $5,000.00The surtax stops at the first $5,000.
- $50.00
Total sales tax$1,157.00
Price after trade-in, with tax$19,607.00
Total sales tax: $1,157.00
An estimate for a taxable sale to a Florida buyer. Exempt sales and buyers from other states are taxed differently.
Estimate the tag and title fees tooEvery county
Florida county surtax rates
Every Florida county, grouped by its surtax. Pick a county to use it in the calculator.
2% surtax
At most $100 on a vehicle
Counties: 1
1.5% surtax
At most $75 on a vehicle
Counties: 22
1% surtax
At most $50 on a vehicle
Counties: 35
0.5% surtax
At most $25 on a vehicle
Counties: 7
No surtax
Only the state tax
Counties: 2
How it's figured
How Florida taxes a vehicle sale
- 1
Start with the taxable price
The price plus the fees you charge on the sale (section 212.02 (opens the official site in a new tab)), less the trade-in allowance (section 212.09 (opens the official site in a new tab)). Tag and title fees stay out.
- 2
6% state tax on all of it
Florida's sales tax applies to the whole taxable price, however high it goes (section 212.05 (opens the official site in a new tab)).
- 3
County surtax on the first $5,000
The county's surtax applies only to the first $5,000 of a single vehicle, so it can never be more than the county's rate on $5,000 (section 212.054 (opens the official site in a new tab)).
- 4
The buyer's county, not yours
A vehicle sale is taxed in the county of the buyer's address on the registration or title (section 212.054 (opens the official site in a new tab)). Selling to a buyer from the next county over means that county's surtax.
On a deal jacket
On a real deal, the tax is already done
Build the deal jacket and My Dealer Jacket works out the Florida sales tax from the buyer's address, at the same county rates as this calculator.
- State tax and county surtax on their own lines, with the county and the rate
- Flagged the moment a change leaves the tax out of date
- A sales tax report by county when it's time to file
Florida sales tax questions dealers ask
Does a trade-in lower the sales tax in Florida?
Yes. When you take a vehicle in trade, the tax is figured on the price less the trade-in allowance (section 212.09 (opens the official site in a new tab)).
Whose county surtax applies: the dealership's or the buyer's?
The buyer's. Florida taxes a vehicle sale in the county of the buyer's address on the registration or title (section 212.054 (opens the official site in a new tab)), wherever your lot is.
Why does the county surtax stop going up?
Florida charges the county surtax only on the first $5,000 of a single item (section 212.054 (opens the official site in a new tab)), so on a vehicle it tops out at the county's rate on $5,000. The 6% state tax has no such limit.
Are dealer fees and tag and title fees taxed?
Fees you charge as part of the sale, like a dealer fee, are part of the sales price and are taxed (section 212.02 (opens the official site in a new tab)). Tag and title fees paid to the state aren't part of the sales price.
What if the buyer lives in another state?
The sale is taxed differently: depending on where the buyer takes delivery, it uses the DR-123 (opens the official site in a new tab) partial exemption or the HSMV 84061 (opens the official site in a new tab) out-of-state affidavit. This calculator covers Florida buyers only. See the paperwork behind a Florida sale.
How current are the county rates?
My Dealer Jacket checks the Florida Department of Revenue's surtax table every business day. This calculator uses the same rates My Dealer Jacket taxes every deal jacket with.
Get the sales tax right on every deal
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