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Fort Worth sales tax rate (TX)

Fort Worth's second penny funds Trinity Metro; neighboring Arlington has no transit authority and routes its penny elsewhere.

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Quick answer

The combined sales tax rate in Fort Worth, TX is 8.25% as of January 1, 2026 — 6.25% state + 1% city + 1% special district. On a $100 purchase that is $8.25 in tax, for a total of $108.25. Texas's statewide base is 6.25%.

Verified against state tableEffective January 1, 2026 · rank 40 of 94 covered metros
Combined rate
8.25%
State share
6.25%
Local share
2%County + city + districts
Tax on $100
$8.25

Calculate Fort Worth sales tax

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The full combined rate of 8.25% applies to general merchandise.

Enter a pre-tax amount to see the tax due in Fort Worth, TX.

Pre-tax
$100
Sales tax at 8.25%
$8.25
Total
$108.25

Tax is rounded to the nearest cent on the full transaction, which is how most registers compute it. Line-item rounding can differ by a cent or two on long receipts.

Is 8.25% high?

Where Fort Worth sits against the state and the covered-metro median, in points and in dollars.

vs covered median
+0.3 ptsMedian 7.95%
Local share
24%2% of the total
Cost per household
$2,145Per year on $26,000 taxable spend
Jurisdiction layers
3Stacked into the combined rate

8.25% in Fort Worth — high. It ranks 40 of 94 covered metros, +0.3 pts against the 7.95% median. On $26,000 of taxable household spending that is $2,145 a year, $78 above it.

Local government sets 2% of the total, 24% of the bill; the state takes 6.25%. 3 layers stack: Texas state 6.25%, City of Fort Worth 1%, Trinity Metro 1%. The City of Fort Worth increment at 1% is the largest local piece — 50% of everything local, worth $260 a year on its own.

5 of 7 covered Texas metros, level with the 8.25% state median. The in-state spread runs 8.25% in Arlington to 8.25% in Houston — 0 points wide. Fort Worth is the cheapest covered metro in Texas; no in-state line is worth crossing.

Same bracket nationally: Bakersfield, CA (8.25%); Reno, NV (8.265%); Houston, TX (8.25%). A household relocating between Fort Worth and any of them sees no meaningful change in sales tax.

Scale: 978,468 residents, roughly 391,387 households. At $26,000 of taxable spend each, the 2% local share pulls about $203,521,240 a year from residents alone — before any visitor or business spending, which in a metro this size is where the rest comes from.

Fort Worth's second penny funds Trinity Metro; neighboring Arlington has no transit authority and routes its penny elsewhere.

Rates move when a district measure passes or a local option expires. Confirm the current figure with the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts before filing or quoting it to a customer.

Jurisdiction breakdown

Every layer that makes up the combined rate, and how much of the total each one contributes.

Sales tax rate composition for Fort Worth, TX: 6.25% Texas state, 1% City of Fort Worth, 1% Trinity Metro, totalling 8.25%.
Sales tax rate components for Fort Worth, TX
JurisdictionLevelRateShare of total
Texas statestate6.25%
76%
City of Fort Worthcity1%
12%
Trinity Metrospecial district1%
12%
Combined rate8.25%
Source: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts rate tables · rates as published for 2026

Fort Worth sales tax reference table

Tax due at 8.25% on common purchase amounts.

Tax due at 8.25% for common purchase amounts
PurchaseSales taxTotal
$10$0.83$10.83
$25$2.06$27.06
$50$4.13$54.13
$100$8.25$108.25
$500$41.25$541.25
$1,000$82.50$1082.50
$5,000$412.50$5412.50
$25,000$2062.50$27062.50

Reverse out sales tax

Enter a receipt total and we split the item price from the 8.25% tax collected.

Backing out 8.25% for Fort Worth, TX.

Item price before tax
$100
Sales tax collected
$8.25

What this rate applies to

Texas publishes the taxable base separately from the rate. Groceries, prescription drugs, clothing and services are treated differently state to state, and several categories in Texas are taxed at reduced rates or exempt entirely. Fort Worth's second penny funds Trinity Metro; neighboring Arlington has no transit authority and routes its penny elsewhere. Check the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts guidance for the category you are pricing before assuming 8.25% applies.

Fort Worth at a glance

Population
978,468
Median household income
$72,500
County
Tarrant County
ZIP codes covered
12
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