what is florida's state tax
2017 List of Florida Local Sales Tax Rates. Florida has state sales tax of 6.00%, and allows local governments to collect a local option sales tax of up to 1.50%. There are a total of 61 local tax jurisdictions across the state, collecting an average local tax of 0.83%. Click here for a larger sales tax map, or here for a sales tax table. Combined with the state sales tax, the highest sales tax rate in Florida is 8.00% in the cities of Bristol, Hosford, Telogia and Sumatra.