Sales Tax Rate In $locality Nebraska 2025 Waterloo, Nebraska Sales Tax

Local Sales Tax - Waterloo

WATERLOO Sales Tax Rate

5.50%

2025 Waterloo sales tax
Exact tax amount may vary for different items
Tax Jurisdiction Sales Tax
Nebraska State Sales Tax 5.50%
County Sales Tax N/A
City Sales Tax N/A
Special Sales Tax N/A
Combined Sales Tax 5.50% [Is this data incorrect?]

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The Waterloo, Nebraska sales tax is 5.50% , the same as the Nebraska state sales tax. While many other states allow counties and other localities to collect a local option sales tax, Nebraska does not permit local sales taxes to be collected.

  • The Waterloo Sales Tax is collected by the merchant on all qualifying sales made within Waterloo
  • Groceries are exempt from the Waterloo and Nebraska state sales taxes
  • Waterloo collects a 0% local sales tax, the maximum local sales tax allowed under Nebraska law
  • Waterloo has a lower sales tax than 99.2% of Nebraska's other cities and counties

Waterloo Nebraska Sales Tax Exemptions

WATERLOO - Local sales tax map

In most states, essential purchases like medicine and groceries are exempted from the sales tax or eligible for a lower sales tax rate. Waterloo doesn't collect sales tax on purchases of most groceries. Prepared Food is subject to special sales tax rates under Nebraska law. Certain purchases, including alcohol, cigarettes, and gasoline, may be subject to additional Nebraska state excise taxes in addition to the sales tax.

Note that in some areas, items like alcohol and prepared food (including restaurant meals and some premade supermarket items) are charged at a higher sales tax rate than general purchases. Nebraska's sales tax rates for commonly exempted categories are listed below. Some rates might be different in Waterloo.

Groceries:TAX EXEMPT Clothing:5.5% Prepared Food:9.5% Prescription Drugs:0% Non-Prescription Drugs:0%

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All merchants operating in Waterloo must automatically calculate the sales tax due on each purchase made and include it in separately in the receipt. Goods bought for resale or other business use may be exempted from the sales tax. If you purchase goods online or through the mail and do not pay any sales tax, you are expected to pay use tax to the Nebraska Department of Revenue . For more details, see the Nebraska sales tax.

Waterloo Sales Tax Region ZIP Codes

The Waterloo sales tax region partially or fully covers 1 zip codes in Nebraska. Remember that ZIP codes do not necessarily match up with municipal and tax region borders, so some of these zip codes may overlap with other nearby tax districts. You can find sales taxes by zip code in Nebraska here

68069

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