Virginia Sales Tax Calculator 2025

Virginia's average combined sales tax rate is 5.77% in 2025 — made up of a 5.30% state rate plus an average 0.47% local rate. On a $100 purchase that works out to about $5.77 in sales tax, for a total of $105.77. Because local rates vary by city and county, your exact rate at the register may be a little higher or lower than this average. Groceries taxed at a reduced 1% rate. Use the calculator above to compute the tax on any amount, or switch to reverse mode to extract the tax from a tax-included total.

In Virginia, groceries are taxed and clothing is taxed. Groceries taxed at a reduced 1% rate. Prepared food and restaurant meals are generally taxable even where unprepared groceries are exempt. Because exempt categories are taxed at $0 (or a reduced rate in some states), the combined 5.77% rate this calculator applies will overstate the tax on those specific items — apply it only to taxable goods. For the precise treatment of a particular product, consult the Virginia department of revenue.

To calculate sales tax, multiply the pre-tax price by the combined sales tax rate and add it to the price: Total = Price × (1 + rate). For Virginia at 5.77%, a $50 item costs $52.89 with $2.88 in tax. To work backward from a tax-included total — a reverse sales tax calculation — divide the total by (1 + rate): Net = Total ÷ (1 + rate). This is useful for separating the tax on a receipt for expense reports or bookkeeping. The calculator above does both: choose "Add tax to amount" for a pre-tax price, or "Extract tax from total" to recover the price and tax from a tax-inclusive amount.

Yes, in almost all cases. Since the 2018 Supreme Court decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Virginia can require out-of-state online sellers to collect sales tax once they cross an economic-nexus threshold (commonly $100,000 in sales or 200 transactions). Major retailers and marketplaces like Amazon, eBay, and Etsy now collect Virginia's sales tax automatically based on your shipping address. If a seller doesn't collect, you may owe use tax to your home state. For purchases shipped to Virginia, expect the combined rate of about 5.77% to apply at checkout.

Sales tax holidays are temporary periods — usually a weekend — when a state suspends sales tax on certain goods such as clothing, school supplies, or emergency-preparedness items, subject to per-item price caps. About 17 states hold at least one each year. Check the Virginia department of revenue for the current year's dates, eligible categories, and price limits before timing a large purchase, since the rules change annually and savings depend on the 5.77% rate being waived.