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6.00%. The Pennsylvania state sales tax rate is 6%, and the average PA sales tax after local surtaxes is 6.34%. Counties and cities in Pennsylvania are allowed to charge an additional local sales tax on top of the regular Pennsylvania state sales tax (such as Philadelphia County, which charges an additional 2%).
Example 2: If a $10,000 boat is purchased tax-free and then brought into a jurisdiction with a 4% sales tax rate, the buyer would become liable to pay Pennsylvania a total of (6% - 4%) Ã $10,000 = $600.00 in use tax.015 Pennsylvania state use tax. The PA use tax only applies to certain purchases. The Pennsylvania use tax is a special excise tax assessed on property purchased for use in Pennsylvania in a jurisdiction where a lower (or no) sales tax was collected on the purchase.