Sales Tax on purchase of 6.52 and total of 7.99

Publish date: 2024-06-17
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Enter price and total bill:

You purchased a good for $6.52

The total bill was $7.99

What was the tax rate?

Calculate Total Tax Amount:

Tax = Total Bill - Price

Tax Amount = $7.99 - $6.52

Tax Amount = $1.47

Setup Sales Tax Equation:

Call our sales tax percent x

Sales Tax Amount = Sale Price(x)

Divide each side of the equation by x:
x  =  Sales Tax Amount
  Sale Price

Plug in our values
x  =  $1.47
  $6.52

x = 0.22546012269939

Sales Tax %:

Sales Tax % = Sales Tax Amount * 100

Sales Tax % = 0.22546012269939 * 100

Sales Tax % = 22.55%


What is the Answer?

Sales Tax % = 22.55%

How does the Sales Tax Calculator work?

Free Sales Tax Calculator - Given a sales price and a total bill, this calculates the sales tax amount and sales tax percentage
This calculator has 2 inputs.

What 2 formulas are used for the Sales Tax Calculator?

Tax Amount = Total Bill - Sales Price
Sales Tax Percentage = Sales Tax Amount * 100/Price

For more math formulas, check out our Formula Dossier

What 5 concepts are covered in the Sales Tax Calculator?

percenta specified amount in or for every hundred. one part in every hundred.
n% = n/100pricethe amount of money expected, required, or given in payment for somethingsalethe exchange of a commodity or service for money; the action of selling somethingsales taxa tax paid to a governing body for the sales of certain goods and services.taxa compulsory financial charge or some other type of levy imposed on a taxpayer by a governmental organization in order to fund government spending and various public expenditures

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