Kansas car sales tax calculator
The retailers’ sales tax in Kansas is the state’s 6.50% plus a local rate that depends on the place, of the taxable amount. A detail of that point is not confirmed.
ksrevisor.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026
By Mr. Voltage · Data checked Oct 3, 2026 · Page changed Oct 30, 2026
Where will you register the car?
Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas
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Your deals at a glance
| Deal | Payment | All-in |
|---|---|---|
| $590.90a month | $40,453.67so far | |
| $533.58a month | $43,417.71so far | |
| $578.10a month | $39,685.98so far |
Estimate. Your dealer’s buyer’s order and your lender’s disclosures are the numbers that count. Check them against this.
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$590.90 a month · 60 payments
All-in $40,453.67 so far
$533.58 a month · 72 payments
All-in $43,417.71 so far
$578.10 a month · 60 payments
All-in $39,685.98 so far
Out-the-door $35,638.03 so far
so far: not including a doc fee yet. Enter your dealer’s.
Estimate. Your dealer’s buyer’s order and your lender’s disclosures are the numbers that count. Check them against this.
Out-the-door $36,385.16 so far
so far: not including a doc fee yet. Enter your dealer’s.
Estimate. Your dealer’s buyer’s order and your lender’s disclosures are the numbers that count. Check them against this.
Out-the-door $36,116.78 so far
so far: not including a doc fee yet. Enter your dealer’s.
Estimate. Your dealer’s buyer’s order and your lender’s disclosures are the numbers that count. Check them against this.
New · 2026 · Gas · change
New or used
The sheet starts with a new car; each deal sets its own
Model year
A new car is the current or next model year
Fuel
Gas car. A hybrid’s registration is $70 a year, a plug-in hybrid’s $100 and an all-electric car’s $165, in place of the weight fee
Curb weight
Assumes a car of about 3,500 lb, under 4,500 lb. Change the weight if yours is heavier
Sticker price (MSRP)
An estimate: KDOR’s MSRP for the research’s test car, the 2026 Tucson SEL FWD, $30,550. The property tax is worked from KDOR’s MSRP for your exact trim, which may differ from the sticker; type it if you know it
Plate
Assumes a new plate. Moving the plate from a car you replace saves the $0.50 and credits that car’s unused property tax
First four letters of the last name
Optional. The state sets your renewal date by them, so they work out the first registration’s months. Without them, a full year shows. They stay on this device.
New · 2026 · Gas · change
New or used
The sheet starts with a new car; each deal sets its own
Model year
A new car is the current or next model year
Fuel
Gas car. A hybrid’s registration is $70 a year, a plug-in hybrid’s $100 and an all-electric car’s $165, in place of the weight fee
Curb weight
Assumes a car of about 3,500 lb, under 4,500 lb. Change the weight if yours is heavier
Sticker price (MSRP)
An estimate: KDOR’s MSRP for the research’s test car, the 2026 Tucson SEL FWD, $30,550. The property tax is worked from KDOR’s MSRP for your exact trim, which may differ from the sticker; type it if you know it
Plate
Assumes a new plate. Moving the plate from a car you replace saves the $0.50 and credits that car’s unused property tax
First four letters of the last name
Optional. The state sets your renewal date by them, so they work out the first registration’s months. Without them, a full year shows. They stay on this device.
New · 2026 · Gas · change
New or used
The sheet starts with a new car; each deal sets its own
Model year
A new car is the current or next model year
Fuel
Gas car. A hybrid’s registration is $70 a year, a plug-in hybrid’s $100 and an all-electric car’s $165, in place of the weight fee
Curb weight
Assumes a car of about 3,500 lb, under 4,500 lb. Change the weight if yours is heavier
Sticker price (MSRP)
An estimate: KDOR’s MSRP for the research’s test car, the 2026 Tucson SEL FWD, $30,550. The property tax is worked from KDOR’s MSRP for your exact trim, which may differ from the sticker; type it if you know it
Plate
Assumes a new plate. Moving the plate from a car you replace saves the $0.50 and credits that car’s unused property tax
First four letters of the last name
Optional. The state sets your renewal date by them, so they work out the first registration’s months. Without them, a full year shows. They stay on this device.
Kansas law sets no figure for this fee.
Kansas calls it a documentation or administrative fee.
ksrevenue.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026
Kansas law sets no figure for this fee.
Kansas calls it a documentation or administrative fee.
ksrevenue.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026
Kansas law sets no figure for this fee.
Kansas calls it a documentation or administrative fee.
ksrevenue.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026
ksrevisor.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 · figures pulled Oct 20, 2026
ksrevisor.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 · figures pulled Oct 20, 2026
Assumes the tax is rounded to the cent, half a cent up. Kansas publishes no rounding rule for a car’s sales tax. If the fraction is dropped instead, the tax is at most 1¢ less.
ksrevisor.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 · figures pulled Oct 20, 2026
ksrevenue.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 · figures pulled Oct 20, 2026
ksrevenue.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 · figures pulled Oct 20, 2026
ksrevenue.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 · figures pulled Oct 20, 2026
- No cap on the dealer’s documentation fee.
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- No minimum or maximum tax, and no cap on the local tax.
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- No emissions test, and no inspection for a car with a Kansas title.
ksrevisor.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026
- A charge for delivering the car to you, stated apart on the bill of sale, is not taxed (K.S.A. 79-3602, since July 1, 2023), though KDOR’s guide KS-1526 still lists delivery charges as taxed; the destination charge to the dealer is taxed. The calculator taxes every dealer charge you enter, so leave such a delivery charge out.
ksrevisor.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026
- No cap on the dealer’s documentation fee.
ksrevenue.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026
- No minimum or maximum tax, and no cap on the local tax.
ksrevenue.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026
- No emissions test, and no inspection for a car with a Kansas title.
ksrevisor.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026
- A charge for delivering the car to you, stated apart on the bill of sale, is not taxed (K.S.A. 79-3602, since July 1, 2023), though KDOR’s guide KS-1526 still lists delivery charges as taxed; the destination charge to the dealer is taxed. The calculator taxes every dealer charge you enter, so leave such a delivery charge out.
ksrevisor.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026
- No cap on the dealer’s documentation fee.
ksrevenue.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026
- No minimum or maximum tax, and no cap on the local tax.
ksrevenue.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026
- No emissions test, and no inspection for a car with a Kansas title.
ksrevisor.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026
- A charge for delivering the car to you, stated apart on the bill of sale, is not taxed (K.S.A. 79-3602, since July 1, 2023), though KDOR’s guide KS-1526 still lists delivery charges as taxed; the destination charge to the dealer is taxed. The calculator taxes every dealer charge you enter, so leave such a delivery charge out.
ksrevisor.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026
Your $5,000.00 down covers the $2,938.03 in tax and fees first; $2,061.97 goes toward the price.
Your $5,000.00 down covers the $2,990.16 in tax and fees first; $2,009.84 goes toward the price.
Your $5,000.00 down covers the $2,866.78 in tax and fees first; $2,133.22 goes toward the price.
Illustrative rate, not a quote. Your APR depends on your credit, the term, the vehicle and the lender.
Illustrative rate, not a quote. Your APR depends on your credit, the term, the vehicle and the lender.
Illustrative rate, not a quote. Your APR depends on your credit, the term, the vehicle and the lender.
60 payments, last $590.57
72 payments, last $533.53
60 payments, last $578.08
cash down plus every payment
cash down plus every payment
cash down plus every payment
Estimate. Your dealer’s buyer’s order and your lender’s disclosures are the numbers that count. Check them against this.
Estimate. Your dealer’s buyer’s order and your lender’s disclosures are the numbers that count. Check them against this.
Estimate. Your dealer’s buyer’s order and your lender’s disclosures are the numbers that count. Check them against this.
8 charges this total leaves out
8 charges this total leaves out
8 charges this total leaves out
What’s different in Kansas
Kansas calls it the retailers’ sales tax.
ksrevenue.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026
A trade-in comes off the amount taxed at its full value, so only the difference is taxed.
ksrevisor.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026
Negative equity rolled into the new loan is not taxed. That point is not confirmed.
ksrevenue.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026
Kansas’s law sets no figure for the documentation or administrative fee. That point is not confirmed.
ksrevenue.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026
A yearly motor vehicle property tax is paid at the tag office with every registration, starting with the first: a class value for the car, less 15% a year of age, times 20%, times your county’s levy. Here it is an estimate, not a checked figure.
ksrevisor.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026
Worked examples
Each line below is worked by the same engine as the calculator, on the day this page was built (Nov 11, 2026).
A new car with a trade-in and negative equity
A new car at $32,700.00, with a trade-in allowed at $10,000.00 and $13,000.00 still owed, $5,000.00 down, financed at 5.90% for 60 months, bought from a dealer and registered in Kansas’s example market.
| Line | Amount |
|---|---|
| Price | $32,700.00 |
| Trade-in allowance | $10,000.00 |
| Still owed on the trade-in | $13,000.00 |
| Equity (negative if you owe more than it is worth) | −$3,000.00 |
| Selling price for the sales tax ksrevenue.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 | $22,700.00 |
| Kansas and local sales tax (the dealer’s location) ksrevisor.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 | $1,702.50 |
| Local use tax (your home rate above the dealer’s) ksrevenue.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 | $0.00 |
| Title fee ksrevisor.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 | $10.00 |
| Lienholder fee ksrevisor.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 | $1.50 |
| Reflectorized plate fee sedgwick.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 | $0.50 |
| Registration fee (by weight), for a full year ksrevisor.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 | $30.00 |
| Highway Patrol staffing and training surcharge ksrevisor.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 | $2.00 |
| Law enforcement training center surcharge ksrevisor.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 | $1.25 |
| Division of Vehicles modernization surcharge ksrevisor.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 | $4.00 |
| County service fee ksrevisor.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 | $5.00 |
| Sedgwick County tag office facility fee sedgwick.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 | $5.00 |
| Motor vehicle property tax (an estimate: KDOR’s class value, your county’s levy), for a full year ksrevisor.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 | $426.28 |
| Out-the-door price | $34,888.03 |
| Cash down | $5,000.00 |
| Amount financed | $32,888.03 |
| Monthly payment | $634.29 |
| Interest over the loan | $5,169.34 |
| Total paid, interest included | $43,057.37 |
A used car from a dealer
A used car, model year 2022, at $21,500.00, $5,000.00 down, financed at 5.90% for 60 months, bought from a dealer and registered in Kansas’s example market.
| Line | Amount |
|---|---|
| Price | $21,500.00 |
| Selling price for the sales tax ksrevenue.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 | $21,500.00 |
| Kansas and local sales tax (the dealer’s location) ksrevisor.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 | $1,612.50 |
| Local use tax (your home rate above the dealer’s) ksrevenue.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 | $0.00 |
| Title fee ksrevisor.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 | $10.00 |
| Lienholder fee ksrevisor.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 | $1.50 |
| Reflectorized plate fee sedgwick.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 | $0.50 |
| Registration fee (by weight), for a full year ksrevisor.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 | $30.00 |
| Highway Patrol staffing and training surcharge ksrevisor.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 | $2.00 |
| Law enforcement training center surcharge ksrevisor.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 | $1.25 |
| Division of Vehicles modernization surcharge ksrevisor.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 | $4.00 |
| County service fee ksrevisor.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 | $5.00 |
| Sedgwick County tag office facility fee sedgwick.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 | $5.00 |
| Motor vehicle property tax (an estimate: KDOR’s class value, your county’s levy): needs the car’s sticker price (MSRP), which this example doesn’t give | Not included |
| Out-the-door price | $23,171.75 |
| Cash down | $5,000.00 |
| Amount financed | $18,171.75 |
| Monthly payment | $350.47 |
| Interest over the loan | $2,856.18 |
| Total paid, interest included | $26,027.93 |
The rules in Kansas
| Rule | What it says |
|---|---|
| Name of the tax | retailers’ sales tax ksrevenue.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 |
| Kansas and local sales tax (the dealer’s location) | worked by the calculator from the rule of the taxable amount. A detail of that point is not confirmed. ksrevisor.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 |
| Local use tax (your home rate above the dealer’s) | worked by the calculator from the rule of the taxable amount ksrevenue.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 |
| What is taxed | Taxed: the vehicle price, the doc fee, other dealer fees on the order, accessories fitted before delivery, protection packages, loose items sold with the car, service contracts and prepaid maintenance. Not taxed: GAP and government fees. ksrevenue.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 |
| Trade-in | A trade-in comes off the amount taxed at its full value, so only the difference is taxed. ksrevisor.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 |
| Maker’s rebate | A maker’s rebate lowers the amount taxed. ksrevisor.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 |
| Dealer discount | A dealer discount lowers the amount taxed. ksrevenue.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 |
| Negative equity | Negative equity rolled into the loan is not taxed. That point is not confirmed. ksrevenue.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 |
| Doc fee | The law sets no figure for the documentation or administrative fee. That point is not confirmed. ksrevenue.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 |
| Title fee | $10.00 ksrevisor.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 |
| Registration fee (by weight) | worked from the rule a year. A detail of that point is not confirmed. ksrevisor.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 |
| Registration fee (hybrid) | $70.00 a year. A detail of that point is not confirmed. ksrevisor.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 |
| Registration fee (plug-in hybrid) | $100.00 a year. A detail of that point is not confirmed. ksrevisor.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 |
| Registration fee (all-electric) | $165.00 a year. A detail of that point is not confirmed. ksrevisor.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 |
| Highway Patrol staffing and training surcharge | $2.00 a year ksrevisor.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 |
| Law enforcement training center surcharge | $1.25 a year. A detail of that point is not confirmed. ksrevisor.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 |
| Division of Vehicles modernization surcharge | $4.00 a year. A detail of that point is not confirmed. ksrevisor.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 |
| Motor vehicle property tax (an estimate) | KDOR’s class value for the car, less 15% a year of age, times 20%, times your county’s levy; at least $24, or $12 for model year 1980 and older. Paid with every registration. An estimate here, not a checked figure. ksrevisor.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 |
| Private-party purchase | State and local sales tax, paid to the county treasurer when you register. Exempt between close family members, such as parents and children. ksrevenue.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 |
| Selling your own car instead of trading it | Since January 1, 2025: buy another car within 120 days before or after the sale and tax is due only on the amount above what you got for yours. ksrevisor.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 |
| Tax paid to another state | A credit for sales or use tax legally paid to another state, up to the Kansas tax. You pay the difference. ksrevenue.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 |
| New resident | No Kansas use tax if the car’s first actual, substantial use was outside Kansas; otherwise use tax less credit for tax paid elsewhere. A Highway Patrol VIN check ($20), title, registration and property tax apply. ksrevenue.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 |
| Delivery charge | A delivery charge stated separately on the invoice is not taxed since July 1, 2023. The destination charge to the dealer stays taxed. KDOR’s dealer guide was not updated; we follow the statute. ksrevisor.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 |
| Interest rate markup | A seller may charge a finance charge at any rate agreed to by the parties. No Kansas statute limiting a dealer’s markup over the lender’s rate was found. ksrevisor.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026 |
What has changed
· Watching: The Property Valuation Division certifies the 2028 motor vehicle levies about February 1, 2027; KDOR updates its MSRP classes each model year, The 2028 levies in pvd2028mvlevy.pdf.
ksrevenue.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026
· Watching: Local sales tax rates change only on the first day of a quarter; the Department of Revenue posts the next quarter’s Pub. KS-1700 the month before, The next possible change is 2027-01-01.
ksrevenue.gov · checked Oct 3, 2026
· The rules on this page start here. Nothing earlier is loaded.
Questions people ask
How does Kansas tax a car, and who collects it?
Kansas charges its retailers’ sales tax: the state’s 6.5% plus the city and county rate where the dealer is. The dealer collects it at signing and gives you a DST-8 receipt. If the rate where you live is higher than the dealer’s, you pay the difference as local use tax at the county treasurer’s tag office when you register. If the dealer’s rate is higher, nothing is paid back. In Wichita the dealer rate is 7.5%: 6.5% state and 1.0% Sedgwick County, with no city tax. A dealer inside a special taxing district may charge that district’s rate too; whether a district’s tax reaches a car is not confirmed. You title and register within 60 days of the sale. At the same visit you pay the yearly motor vehicle property tax, which is separate from the sales tax.
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What is the Kansas motor vehicle property tax on a car?
It is a county property tax on the car, paid at the tag office with every registration, starting with the first. It is worked from the car’s MSRP, not the price you pay, so a trade-in or a rebate doesn’t change it. The law works it in steps: the Department of Revenue (KDOR) puts the car in a value class from its MSRP, in $2,000 steps above $20,000; 15% a year comes off for age; 20% of that is taxed; and the result is multiplied by your county’s motor vehicle levy. The minimum is $24, or $12 for model year 1980 and older. Sedgwick County’s levy is 0.097436 for registration years that begin in 2026 and 0.096198 for 2027. Here it is an estimate, not a checked figure. We estimate it from the car’s MSRP, KDOR’s class chart, its age and your county’s levy. For a new car we start from KDOR’s MSRP for a 2026 Tucson SEL FWD, $30,550, and you can type yours; for a used car you type the MSRP. KDOR’s own estimator gives that car $426.28 for a full registration year in Sedgwick County, and calls its results estimates only. The first payment runs from the first of the month after you buy to the end of your registration year, 1/12 of the year’s tax for each full month. The first letter of your last name sets that month: S renews in October.
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Is there a limit on the Kansas dealer doc fee?
We found no dollar limit in Kansas law. The research checked the dealer licensing act, the consumer credit code and the state’s dealer tax guide, and found no statute or regulation that limits a documentation or administrative fee, and no disclosure rule for it. That is a finding of absence, so it is not confirmed. The dealer licensing act’s general rule bars knowingly false or misleading advertising. The fee is part of the selling price, so it is taxed at the dealer’s sales tax rate. Complaints about a dealer go to the Kansas Department of Revenue’s Vehicle Dealer Licensing Bureau, through its online form.
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Do a trade-in and rebates lower Kansas sales tax?
A trade-in does, at its full allowance, if the allowance is stated separately on the invoice, the trade is titled to you, goes into the dealer’s stock and is part of the same sale. There is no dollar cap, but the allowance can’t be more than the price taxed. Selling your own car privately can count too, for a sale on or after January 1, 2025: if you buy another car within 120 days before or after, tax is due only on the amount by which the new price exceeds what you got. You claim it at the county treasurer with both bills of sale, or as a refund from KDOR within 3 years. A new car’s manufacturer cash rebate lowers the tax only when it is paid directly to the dealer as part of the sale. A rebate paid to you, or a rebate on a used car, is taxed. A dealer discount or in-house rebate that no third party pays back comes off the price taxed.
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I bought a car out of state or from a private seller. What do I pay in Kansas?
From an out-of-state dealer, a Kansas resident pays Kansas sales or use tax to the county treasurer when registering, at the rate where you live, less credit for sales tax legally paid to the other state. If the other state’s rate was lower, you pay the difference, and you show proof of the tax paid. From a private seller, you pay state and local sales tax to the county treasurer when you register. It is on the actual price on the title or bill of sale; fair market value is used only if the price is unknown or bears no reasonable relationship to the value. A sale between close family members, such as parents and children, is exempt. A new resident owes no Kansas use tax if the car’s first actual, substantial use, at least 6 months, was outside Kansas. A car from another state needs a Highway Patrol VIN check, $20 at the least, before it is titled.
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What do title and registration cost in Kansas?
At the tag office the title is $10, a lien adds $1.50 and a new plate $0.50. Registration is $30 a year for a car of 4,500 lb or less and $40 above. We weigh the car by its curb weight; whether the county uses the gross weight rating instead is not confirmed. Since January 1, 2026, a hybrid pays $70, a plug-in hybrid $100 and an electric car $165 in its place. Each registration also carries a $2 Highway Patrol surcharge, a $1.25 law enforcement training center surcharge, a $4 modernization surcharge and the $5 county service fee, and Sedgwick County adds a $5 facility fee. Sedgwick County’s own fee chart, dated 2009, shows less; we follow the statutes. The first registration runs to the renewal month your last name sets, from February for A to December for U and X to Z.
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