California Sales Tax Rates: Los Gatos

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Los Gatos, California Sales Tax Rate 2017 9.00%

The Los Gatos sales tax rate is 9.00%

Taxing Jurisdiction	Rate
California state sales tax	6.00%
Santa Clara County sales tax	0.25%
Special tax	2.75%
Combined Sales Tax:	9.00%

9.00% tax breakdown

Sales tax region name: Santa Clara County.
Tax rates last updated in June 2017

Note: There is one additional tax district that applies to some areas geographically within Los Gatos. Instead of the rates shown for the Santa Clara County tax region above, the following tax rates apply to these specific areas:

Tax Jurisdiction	Total Tax	State Tax	County Tax	City Tax	Special Tax	In These Zip Codes
Santa Cruz County	8.50%	6.00%	0.25%	N/A	2.25%	95033

How does the Los Gatos sales tax compare to the rest of CA?

Higher sales tax than 96% of California localities

0.5% lower than the maximum sales tax in CA

The 9.00% sales tax rate in Los Gatos consists of 6.00% California state sales tax, 0.25% Santa Clara County sales tax and 2.75% Special tax. There is no applicable city tax. You can print a 9.00% sales tax table here. For tax rates in other cities, see California sales taxes by city and county.

Historical Sales Tax Rates for Los Gatos

Month	Combined Tax	State Tax	County Tax	City Tax	Special Tax
June 2017	9.00%	6.00%	0.25%	N/A	2.75%
May 2017	9.00%	6.00%	0.25%	N/A	2.75%
April 2017	9.00%	6.00%	0.75%	N/A	2.25%
March 2017	8.50%	6.00%	0.25%	N/A	2.25%
February 2017	8.50%	6.00%	0.25%	N/A	2.25%
January 2017	8.50%	6.00%	0.25%	N/A	2.25%
The following rates apply to the SANTA CRUZ COUNTY tax region (see note above)

Month	Combined Tax	State Tax	County Tax	City Tax	Special Tax
June 2017	8.50%	6.00%	0.25%	N/A	2.25%
May 2017	8.50%	6.00%	0.25%	N/A	2.25%
April 2017	8.50%	6.00%	0.75%	N/A	1.75%
March 2017	8.00%	6.00%	0.25%	N/A	1.75%
February 2017	8.00%	6.00%	0.25%	N/A	1.75%
January 2017	8.00%	6.00%	0.25%	N/A	1.75%

The following rates apply to the SANTA CLARA COUNTY tax region (see note above)

Month	Combined Tax	State Tax	County Tax	City Tax	Special Tax
December 2016	8.75%	6.25%	0.25%	N/A	2.25%
November 2016	8.75%	6.25%	0.25%	N/A	2.25%
October 2016	8.75%	6.25%	0.25%	N/A	2.25%
September 2016	8.75%	6.25%	0.25%	N/A	2.25%
August 2016	8.75%	6.25%	0.25%	N/A	2.25%
July 2016	8.75%	6.25%	0.25%	N/A	2.25%
June 2016	8.75%	6.25%	0.25%	N/A	2.25%
May 2016	8.75%	6.25%	0.25%	N/A	2.25%
April 2016	8.75%	6.25%	0.25%	N/A	2.25%
March 2016	8.75%	6.50%	1.00%	N/A	1.25%
February 2016	8.75%	6.50%	1.00%	N/A	1.25%
January 2016	8.75%	6.50%	1.00%	N/A	1.25%
The following rates apply to the SANTA CRUZ COUNTY tax region (see note above)

Month	Combined Tax	State Tax	County Tax	City Tax	Special Tax
December 2016	8.25%	6.25%	0.25%	N/A	1.75%
November 2016	8.25%	6.25%	0.25%	N/A	1.75%
October 2016	8.25%	6.25%	0.25%	N/A	1.75%
September 2016	8.25%	6.25%	0.25%	N/A	1.75%
August 2016	8.25%	6.25%	0.25%	N/A	1.75%
July 2016	8.25%	6.25%	0.25%	N/A	1.75%
June 2016	8.25%	6.25%	0.25%	N/A	1.75%
May 2016	8.25%	6.25%	0.25%	N/A	1.75%
April 2016	8.25%	6.25%	0.25%	N/A	1.75%
March 2016	8.25%	6.50%	1.00%	N/A	0.75%
February 2016	8.25%	6.50%	1.00%	N/A	0.75%
January 2016	8.25%	6.50%	1.00%	N/A	0.75%

The following rates apply to the SANTA CLARA COUNTY tax region (see note above)

Month	Combined Tax	State Tax	County Tax	City Tax	Special Tax
December 2015	8.75%	6.50%	1.00%	N/A	1.25%
November 2015	8.75%	6.50%	1.00%	N/A	1.25%
October 2015	8.75%	6.50%	1.00%	N/A	1.25%
September 2015	8.75%	6.50%	1.00%	N/A	1.25%
August 2015	8.75%	6.50%	1.00%	N/A	1.25%
July 2015	8.75%	6.50%	1.00%	N/A	1.25%
June 2015	8.75%	6.50%	1.00%	N/A	1.25%
May 2015	8.75%	6.50%	1.00%	N/A	1.25%
April 2015	8.75%	6.50%	1.00%	N/A	1.25%
March 2015	8.75%	6.50%	1.00%	N/A	1.25%
February 2015	8.75%	6.50%	1.00%	N/A	1.25%
January 2015	8.75%	6.50%	1.00%	N/A	1.25%
The following rates apply to the SANTA CRUZ COUNTY tax region (see note above)

Month	Combined Tax	State Tax	County Tax	City Tax	Special Tax
December 2015	8.25%	6.50%	1.00%	N/A	0.75%
November 2015	8.25%	6.50%	1.00%	N/A	0.75%
October 2015	8.25%	6.50%	1.00%	N/A	0.75%
September 2015	8.25%	6.50%	1.00%	N/A	0.75%
August 2015	8.25%	6.50%	1.00%	N/A	0.75%
July 2015	8.25%	6.50%	1.00%	N/A	0.75%
June 2015	8.25%	6.50%	1.00%	N/A	0.75%
May 2015	8.25%	6.50%	1.00%	N/A	0.75%
April 2015	8.25%	6.50%	1.00%	N/A	0.75%
March 2015	8.25%	6.50%	1.00%	N/A	0.75%
February 2015	8.25%	6.50%	1.00%	N/A	0.75%
January 2015	8.25%	6.50%	1.00%	N/A	0.75%

The Santa Clara County sales tax has been changed within the last year. It was raised 0.5% from 8.50% to 9.00% in April 2017 and raised 0.5% from 8.00% to 8.50% in April 2017. Click here to find other recent sales tax rate changes in California.

California Sales Tax Rates by Zip Code:

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The Los Gatos, California sales tax rate of 9.00% applies to the following three zip codes: 95030, 95031 and 95032.

An alternative sales tax rate of 8.50% applies in the tax region Santa Cruz County, which appertains to zip code 95033.

There are approximately 34,943 people living in the Los Gatos area. Remember that zip code boundaries don't always match up with political boundaries (like Los Gatos or Santa Clara County), so you shouldn't always rely on something as imprecise as zip codes to determine the sales tax rates at a given address.

Back to California Sales Tax Handbook Sales tax rates for Los Gatos are current as of June 2017