Sales tax rate changes
North Carolina sales tax rate changes
Updated October 13, 2026
Last verified October 13, 2026. That is the UTC date the North Carolina Department of Revenue pages were retrieved. It is not an effective date.
US Sales Tax Rates monitors the sales tax publication North Carolina Department of Revenue posts for North Carolina: when the chart takes effect, how many jurisdictions changed, and what is coming next. It does not calculate tax on a sale.
Current North Carolina chart
The current North Carolina chart took effect July 1, 2026. It does not print an end date.
Every North Carolina jurisdiction on the loaded file is on the North Carolina rate chart.
Changes on the current North Carolina chart
No North Carolina chart on file has a jurisdiction marked changed or upcoming compared with the previous file.
Upcoming North Carolina changes
No upcoming North Carolina rate change is on file.
What is monitored
North Carolina Department of Revenue publishes the loaded sales tax chart for North Carolina.
North Carolina publishes quarterly. This is the latest file on the official page.
The chart is Q3 · effective 2026-07-01. It does not print an end date. The loaded file is a CSV.
The loaded file has 100 jurisdiction rows.
Not compared.
A refresh fails closed. When the file cannot be read, or two readings disagree, the period is blocked and no rate is filled in.
This note does not calculate tax on a sale.
Official North Carolina sources
These are official North Carolina Department of Revenue pages. The current rate file is found from these pages. A direct rate-file address is not linked here.
How the chart is checked
A refresh fails closed. When the file cannot be read, or two readings disagree, the period is blocked and no rate is filled in.
Nothing in this note is estimated. When a displayed figure disagrees with the official publication, the publication wins. That rule is recorded under corrections.
Rate monitoring is not a tax calculation
This note reports how the North Carolina publication is monitored. It does not calculate tax on a cart, invoice, ZIP code, or address, and it does not file a return.
Monitor North Carolina
Monitoring follows the official publication. The sample report shows the shape of a change row.