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Graduated; top rate 7.65% (brackets 3.50% / 4.40% / 5.30% / 7.65%).
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Wisconsin statewide rule
State sales tax is 5%. Seventy of 72 counties add a 0.5% county tax and Milwaukee County adds 0.9%; the city of Milwaukee adds a further 2% - so combined rates are 5%-5.9% in most of the state and 7.9% in the city of Milwaukee.
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Wisconsin's excise tax on motor vehicle fuel is 30.9 cents per gallon under sec. 78.01(1), Wis. Stats. A petroleum inspection fee of 2 cents per gallon is also due on all petroleum products (it helps pay for petroleum cleanup), so state charges on gasoline total about 32.9 cents per gallon. No gas-tax suspension is in effect in Wisconsin. The 18.4-cent federal gasoline tax is extra.
“The excise tax on motor vehicle fuel is 30.9¢ per gallon [ sec. 78.01(1) , Wis. Stats.].”
Read on Nov 11, 2026 from revenue.wi.gov.
Checked once · Nov 11, 2026
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No sales-tax holiday (Wisconsin discontinued its holiday after 2019).
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Wisconsin's primary local tax: municipal assessors value most property at market value as of Jan 1 (the state assesses manufacturing property and equalizes values across municipalities), and school districts, municipalities, counties, technical colleges and special districts levy on it. School-levy, lottery-and-gaming (primary residence) and first-dollar credits reduce bills; municipal and county levy growth is generally limited to net new construction.
Permitted
Food sold by grocery stores is exempt from sales tax unless it meets the definitions of 'candy,' 'soft drinks,' or 'prepared food,' which are taxable (Wis. Stat. sec. 77.54).
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