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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%).
Since tax is included in the price you actually pay, it looks like this: $3.49 (what I paid at the pump on yesterday in Pennsylvania) = $.183 in federal gas + $.323 in PA state taxes + 2.984 as the âpriceâ of my gas. Total taxes for my gas in Pennsylvania represented about 15% of the price per gallon. Remember, however, that as the price of gas increases or decreases, the tax rates remain the same since they are generally flat per gallon taxes (if you live in one of the 7 states that impose a partial or full sales tax on gas, the math is a little ...