🇺🇸 San Francisco Sales Tax Calculator
San Francisco sales tax calculator for 2026. SF combined rate is approximately 8.625%, lower than most Bay Area cities. Enter a pre-tax price to see the tax amount and total. Override the rate to match your exact SF district or compare with Oakland (10.25%) and San Jose (9.375%).
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- -Unprepared grocery food
- -Prescription medicines
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SF rate breakdown: 7.25% California state base + 1.375% local district taxes = 8.625% combined. The state base itself includes 6% state, 0.25% county, and 1% local revenue. District taxes fund transit, homeless services, and infrastructure.
Questions Frequentes
What is the sales tax rate in San Francisco?
San Francisco has a combined sales tax rate of approximately 8.625% in 2026, which includes the 7.25% California state base rate plus 1.375% in local district taxes. This is relatively low for a major California city compared to Oakland (10.25%) and Los Angeles (10.25%).
Why is SF sales tax lower than Oakland or LA?
San Francisco has fewer local district tax overlays than Oakland and Los Angeles. Cities add district taxes through voter-approved measures. SF relies more on its gross receipts tax on businesses instead of piling district sales taxes, keeping the consumer rate lower.
What are sales tax rates across the Bay Area?
Rates vary significantly across the Bay Area in 2026: San Francisco ~8.625%, Oakland ~10.25%, San Jose ~9.375%, Berkeley ~10.25%, Fremont ~10.25%, and Palo Alto ~9.125%. The variation comes from different city and county district tax measures approved by voters.
Is food taxed in San Francisco?
Unprepared grocery food is exempt from sales tax in San Francisco, following California state law. Prepared food, restaurant meals, hot deli items, and food sold with eating utensils are taxable at the full 8.625% rate. SF also has a separate sugar-sweetened beverage tax of 1 cent per ounce.
Is clothing taxable in San Francisco?
Yes. Clothing is fully taxable at the 8.625% combined rate in San Francisco and throughout California. Unlike New York and Pennsylvania, California offers no exemption for clothing or footwear at any price point.
Does San Francisco have a sugar tax?
Yes. San Francisco has a sugary drinks distributor tax of 1 cent per ounce on sugar-sweetened beverages, passed by voters in 2016. This is separate from sales tax and applies to distributors, though the cost is typically passed to consumers.
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