You purchased a good for $8.50

The total bill was $10.00

What was the tax rate?

Calculate Total Tax Amount:

Tax = Total Bill - Price

Tax Amount = $10.00 - $8.50

Tax Amount = $1.50

Setup Sales Tax Equation:

Call our sales tax percent x

Sales Tax Amount = Sale Price(x)

Divide each side of the equation by x:

x  =  Sales Tax Amount
  Sale Price

Plug in our values

x  =  $1.50
  $8.50

x = 0.17647058823529

Sales Tax %:

Sales Tax % = Sales Tax Amount * 100

Sales Tax % = 0.17647058823529 * 100


Sales Tax % = 17.65%


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What is the Answer?
Sales Tax % = 17.65%
How does the Sales Tax Calculator work?
Free Sales Tax Calculator - Given a sales price and a total bill, this calculates the sales tax amount and sales tax percentage
This calculator has 2 inputs.
What 2 formulas are used for the Sales Tax Calculator?
Tax Amount = Total Bill - Sales Price
Sales Tax Percentage = Sales Tax Amount * 100/Price
What 5 concepts are covered in the Sales Tax Calculator?
percent
a specified amount in or for every hundred. one part in every hundred.
n% = n/100
price
the amount of money expected, required, or given in payment for something
sale
the exchange of a commodity or service for money; the action of selling something
sales tax
a tax paid to a governing body for the sales of certain goods and services.
tax
a compulsory financial charge or some other type of levy imposed on a taxpayer by a governmental organization in order to fund government spending and various public expenditures
Example calculations for the Sales Tax Calculator
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