Here's a
link to a list of large American cities with sales taxes.
Of America's most populous cities, the following impose the highest combined state, county, and local sales tax rates:
- Seattle, WA – 9.6% (0.10%)
- Oakland, CA – 9.5% (0.75%)
- Chicago, IL – 9.25% (10.25% as of Jan. 1, 2016) (1.25%)
- Memphis, TN – 9.25% (0.00%)
- Nashville, TN – 9.25% (0.00%)
- Los Angeles, CA – 9.0% (0.25%)
- Long Beach, CA – 9.0% (0.25%)
- New Orleans, LA – 9.0% (0.00%)
- New York, NY – 8.88% (4.88%)
- San Jose, CA – 8.75% (tie) (0.50%)
- San Francisco, CA – 8.75% (tie) (0.25%)
Ontario (and other provinces) should at the very least, dedicate a portion to the municipalities under their control, and actually say that.