California
The California sales tax rate is currently 6.25% effective July 1, 2011. However, California adds a mandatory local rate of 1% that increases the total statewide sales and use tax base to 7.25%.
State and local taxes can reach 9.25% in many cities. Food and prescription drugs are exempt from sales tax.
California was listed in Kiplinger’s 2011 10 Tax-Unfriendly States for Retirees.
Avalara Sales and Use Tax Products for California
AvaTax – AvaTax is a powerful, online sales tax compliance solution that provides all businesses with a level of sales tax automation that until now has been available only to Fortune 500 companies. AvaTax’s transaction-based service model and seamless integration into business applications gives you rapid access to all jurisdiction assignments and real-time sales tax calculations. Cutting-edge technologies and superior processing logic can manage even the most complicated tax issues, such as situs, nexus, tax tiers, tax holidays, exemptions, certificate management and product taxability rules.
TrustFile Forms – TrustFile Forms helps you streamline the paper returns preparation process with a catalog of more than 1,000 state-approved forms for US States, US Possessions and Canada.
