Taxes in Nevada

Nevada Tax Rates, Collections, and Burdens

How does Nevada’s tax code compare? Nevada does not have an individual income tax. Nevada does not have a corporate income tax but does levy a gross receipts tax. Nevada has a 6.85 percent state sales tax rate, a max local sales tax rate of 1.53 percent, and an average combined state and local sales tax rate of 8.23 percent. Nevada’s tax system ranks 7th overall on our 2022 State Business Tax Climate Index.

Each state’s tax code is a multifaceted system with many moving parts, and Nevada is no exception. The first step towards understanding Nevada’s tax code is knowing the basics. Click the tabs below to learn more! You can also explore our state tax maps, which are compiled from our annual publication, Facts & Figures: How Does Your State Compare?

Lunch Links: Bernie Sanders on the Campaign Stump for Health Care Initiative (and Tax) in Colorado; Nevada Gov. Signs Bills for Hotel and Sales Tax Increases to Fund NFL-Ready Stadium; Legality and Tax of Recreational Marijuana Examined in Michigan

October 17, 2016

Lunch Links: Trump, Clinton Tax Plans Ignite Heated Debate; Transportation Issues Latest Setback to Passing Nevada Tax for NFL-Ready Stadium; Cooperation on Mutual Transportation Funding Derailed by Maryland-Virginia Governors

October 14, 2016

Lunch Links: Hillary Clinton Proposes Expanded Child Tax Credit and How She’ll Pay for It; Buffett Rebuts Assertions about His Taxes Made by Trump; Still No Pledge from Trump Not to Raise Taxes

October 11, 2016

Lunch Links: Speaker Ryan Contemplates Procedural Tool to Push Tax Agenda and Repeal Obamacare; Nevada Governor Not Giving Up on Tax to Fund NFL-Ready Stadium; Massachusetts Legislators Say Marijuana Excise Tax Too Low

October 6, 2016

Lunch Links: Beer Tax Cut Off to Spirited Start in Senate; Mobile Workforce Bill Also on Senate Agenda; Nevada Taxpayers Cite Concerns with Proposed Stadium Tax; Nebraska Lawmakers Take Sides on Marijuana Debate

September 27, 2016

Lunch Links: Live TF Updates Tonight on Presidential Debate; Trump Plan Questioned on Whose Taxes Get Raised; IRS Stiffens Security for Online Access; Revenue Updates for North Dakota and Rhode Island

September 26, 2016

Lunch Links: Speaker Ryan Lays Out Vision for Tax Reform; Compromise Part of Latest New Jersey Tax Proposal; Pennsylvania Legislators Target Reduction of 40 Percent E-Cigarette Tax; Rundown of Marijuana Ballot Propositions in Five States

September 21, 2016

Lunch Links: California Public Employee Pension Substantially Underfunded; Nevada Voters Poll ‘No’ to Stadium Tax; Court Ruling Means Exelon Underpaid Taxes

September 20, 2016

Lunch Links: Tons of Trump Tax Talk; No ‘Income Tax’ on Income Tax Ballot; Taxing Questions for Nevada Stadium Proposal; Tax Foundation Speakers Fan Out

September 19, 2016

Lunch Links: Analysis of Trump’s Latest Tax Plan; Suit for Trump’s Tax Returns DOA; IRS Discloses Too Much on Freedom of Information Requests; Nevada Tourism Approves Hotel Tax Increase to Fund Stadium

September 16, 2016

Lunch Links: Sen. Wyden Pushes to Cap Roth IRAs Among Retirement Restrictions; States Underfund Retiree Health Care by Billions; Billionaire Adelson Wants Vegas to Fund Stadium to Help Lure NFL

September 9, 2016

Lunch Links: Trump Takes Hits from Clinton (Release Tax Returns) and Forbes (Troublesome Pass-Through Rate Reduction); NCSL Calls on Congress for Marijuana Reforms

August 11, 2016

Lunch Links: State Legislators Talk Transportation Funding; Trump Pass-Through Plan Problems; Property Tax Turnout in Utah

August 10, 2016

Lunch Links: Tax Foundation Makes Dynamic Scoring Mainstream, DC Budget Autonomy, Tampon Exemption

May 26, 2016

Lunch Links: French Raid Google, Castles and Property Taxes, and the “Federal Student Tax”

May 25, 2016

Lunch Links: Tennessee Repeals Hall Tax, Sanders Spending Plans, Puerto Rico on Calendar

May 23, 2016

Lunch Links: Trump Tax Returns, Clinton on DC Statehood, Vermont Tax Software Goof

May 12, 2016

Nevada Supreme Court Permits Challenge to Commerce Tax, But With Short Timeframe

May 11, 2016

Lunch Links: Who Pays California Taxes, Shutting Down the IRS, Australia Cuts Corporate Tax Rate

May 3, 2016

Lunch Links: Puerto Rico Moves Toward Default, South Dakota Internet Sales Tax Lawsuits, Ralph Lauren Outfits Taxable

May 2, 2016