Sales Tax in Connecticut
Connecticut's sales tax is genuinely simple: a single, flat 6.35% state rate applies statewide with zero local-option city or county add-ons anywhere in the state, alongside a narrow 7.75% surcharge on select luxury purchases.
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Learn moreOne flat rate, statewide, no local add-on
Connecticut's sales tax is genuinely simple: a single, flat 6.35% rate applies statewide, with NO local-option city or county sales taxes anywhere in Connecticut -- a real, genuine structural simplification this record credits directly. The rate is the same in Greenwich as it is in the Quiet Corner.
A narrow luxury-goods carve-out
A real, disclosed carve-out this pass confirmed still current for 2026: jewelry priced over $5,000, clothing and footwear items priced over $1,000, and motor vehicles priced over $50,000 are taxed at a higher 7.75% rate rather than the standard 6.35% -- a genuine, if narrow, luxury-goods surcharge distinct from the state's otherwise flat, simple sales-tax structure.
How this compares to Connecticut's other taxes
Connecticut's simple, flat sales tax stands in real, genuine structural contrast to the property-tax side's town-by-town complexity (a real roughly 6x mill-rate spread) and the income tax's graduated seven-bracket structure -- a state that pairs one genuinely simple tax with two genuinely complex ones. See the property-taxes and income-taxes topics for the fuller picture.
What this means for everyday budgeting
Because Connecticut's sales tax genuinely does not vary by location, a mover can budget the 6.35% rate with confidence regardless of destination town -- a real simplicity advantage over states with hundreds of local taxing jurisdictions. The bigger everyday and housing-cost variables in Connecticut are property tax and regional housing costs, not sales tax.
Key takeaways
- Connecticut's sales tax is a single, flat 6.35% statewide rate with zero local (city or county) add-on anywhere in the state.
- A narrow 7.75% rate applies only to luxury purchases: jewelry over $5,000, clothing/footwear over $1,000, and motor vehicles over $50,000.
- Unlike states with hundreds of local taxing jurisdictions, Connecticut's sales tax does not vary by destination -- budget the 6.35% rate with confidence anywhere in the state.
- Property tax and regional housing costs, not sales tax, are Connecticut's bigger everyday-budget variables -- see the property-taxes and housing-market topics.
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