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North Carolina (NC) Sales Tax Rates by City. The state sales tax rate in North Carolina is 4.750%. With local taxes, the total sales tax rate is between 6.750% and 7.500%. North Carolina has recent rate changes (Wed Apr 01 2015). Select the North Carolina city from the list of popular cities below to see its current sales tax rate.
2016 List of North Carolina Local Sales Tax Rates. North Carolina has state sales tax of 4.75%, and allows local governments to collect a local option sales tax of up to 2.75%. There are a total of 100 local tax jurisdictions across the state, collecting an average local tax of 2.13%. Click here for a larger sales tax map, or here for a sales tax table. Combined with the state sales tax, the highest sales tax rate in North Carolina is 7.5% in the cities of Durham, Chapel Hill, Hillsborough, Carrboro and Rougemont (and three other cities). Last updated June 2016.