Florida Car Sales Tax Calculator

What you pay in tax when you buy a vehicle in Florida, from the statute and the revenue department.

Verified September 21, 2026 · statute and revenue department cross-checked

Vehicle price (USD) Trade-in value (USD) County discretionary surtax (first $5,000 only)

Buying the car is only half the cost. You still owe an annual registration fee.

What to know about Florida

The county surtax only touches the first $5,000 of the price, so it adds at most $125. That means the real combined rate on a $40,000 car is about 6.3 percent, not the 7.5 percent you might expect from the headline county rate. The surtax follows your home address, not the dealer’s. Nonresidents can pay their home-state rate with Form DR-123.

Sources

Statute: Fla. Stat. § 212.05, § 212.054

Florida Department of Revenue GT-800030, Sales and Use Tax on Motor Vehicles
“Surtax is due when the purchaser’s residing address on the registration or title to the motor vehicle is a location within a county imposing a surtax. Discretionary sales surtax applies to the first $5,000 of the purchase price.”

Florida Department of Revenue GT-800019, Discretionary Sales Surtax
“The discretionary sales surtax applies only to the first $5,000 of the total sales price of any motor vehicle”

Last verified: September 21, 2026.

Estimates only. Your dealer or the state issues the final bill, and exemptions can change what you owe. This page does not collect or store anything you enter.