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The Lancaster, Pennsylvania sales tax is 6.00%, the same as the Pennsylvania state sales tax. While many other states allow counties and other localities to collect a local option sales tax, Pennsylvania does not permit local sales taxes to be collected. The Lancaster Sales Tax is collected by the merchant on all qualifying sales made within Lancaster Groceries and clothing are exempt from the Lancaster and Pennsylvania state sales taxes Lancaster collects a 0% local sales tax, the maximum local sales tax allowed under Pennsylvania law
Over the past ten years, sales tax revenue has become the single largest component of Erie Countyâs (the âCountyâ) revenues. At no point since the year 2000 has sales tax been less than 20% of total County revenues. In fact, pursuant to the 2011 proposed budget, sales tax revenues make up about 34% of the total revenues received by the County.