Taxes in Miles City
Miles City's tax picture runs through Montana's real, statewide favorable structure: no general sales tax, a below-national property tax rate, and a genuinely simplified income tax.
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Learn moreNo general statewide sales tax
Montana levies no general statewide sales tax, and Miles City is not among the small resort communities that levy a local resort tax.
A below-national property tax rate
Montana's statewide average effective property tax rate ran approximately 0.74%, below the ~1.02% national median. No Miles City/Custer-County-specific rate distinct from this figure was independently confirmed this pass.
Montana's real, simplified income tax
Montana taxes income across 2 brackets for 2026: 4.7% up to $47,500 (single)/$95,000 (joint), and a 5.65% top rate above those thresholds.
Key takeaways
- No general statewide sales tax applies in Miles City.
- Montana's ~0.74% statewide average effective property tax rate runs below the national median.
- Montana's 2026 income tax runs a simplified 4.7%/5.65% two-bracket structure.
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