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> Most places in the US, the local tax is the same statewide.

Didn't quite pass my seasonally congested anecdotal sniff test. Turns out[1]:

  - 74% (37 states) vary depending on a local rate
  - 18% (9 states) are fixed at a state level
  - 8% (4 states) don't have sales tax

> Not in Ohio, where it can vary by township, sometimes across invisible boundaries.

Ohio isn't really exceptional in this regard; a few examples that come to mind:

  - San Francisco = 8.625% v. South San Francisco = 9.875% v. Oakland = 10.25%
  - Julington Creek Plantation (FL) = 7.5% v. Fruit Cove (FL) = 6.5%

[1] https://www.sale-tax.com/

Note that South San Francisco is actually in a different county.

Exactly why I cherry-picked that example; it's consistent with the parent's Ohio example in that most transients flying to SF via SFO don't even realize that they're technically in a different city/county.

Similar situation with Julington Creek Plantation and Fruit Cove; both are technically in the same county (St. Johns County) and literally butt up against each other, and yet the former pays Jacksonville (Duval County) sales tax.

Wow, thank you, I had no idea it was that bad. I live in one of those magical 9 states where it's fixed at state-level and thought that was standard.

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