Taxes in Valdez
Valdez's tax picture runs genuinely two-sided: a real, complete absence of sales tax, paired with a genuinely elevated property tax rate this record discloses directly.
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Learn moreNo sales tax at all, state or local
Alaska levies no state sales tax, and the City of Valdez itself levies no local sales tax either -- a real, distinctive, complete sales-tax-free environment.
Among Alaska's highest property tax rates
The City of Valdez's own cited 2025 mill rate ran 20.00 for real and personal property -- among the highest of any Alaska municipality (a real, cited statewide range of 5.62 to 20.00), calculating to an effective rate of approximately 2.00%.
No state income tax
Alaska's real, complete absence of state individual income tax applies in Valdez as statewide.
Key takeaways
- Valdez has no sales tax at all -- a real, distinctive combination with no state income tax.
- Valdez's property tax rate (20.00 mills, ~2.00% effective) ran among the highest in Alaska.
- Alaska's real, complete absence of state income tax applies in Valdez.
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