Comparison record
Bullion sales tax and legal tender status, by state
22 of 24 researched states charge no state sales tax on an ordinary bullion purchase. 5 of those levy no general sales tax at all; the rest carry a specific bullion exemption. The remaining 26 states carry no status here at all, because nobody has yet read their statutes for this record.
What a row here means
This site publishes a status for a state only where a person has read the primary source and can point you at it. Where that has not happened yet, the row says so and stops. It does not carry a value copied from another summary, and it does not carry a guess dressed up as a finding.
A state name is a link when there is a page of sources behind it. Where it is plain text, the row is the whole of what this site is willing to assert. Every published row also carries the date a human last checked its claims against the documents cited on its page, so you can judge how stale the answer might be rather than trusting that it is current.
All fifty states
24 states researched and published below. 26 not yet researched, marked as such in every column rather than guessed at.
| State | Sales tax on bullion | Legal tender | Capital gains | Depository | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Exempt with conditions | Recognized | Not taxed | None | |
| Alaska | No state sales tax | Not recognized | No exemption | None | |
| Arizona | Exempt | Not recognized | Not taxed | None | |
| Arkansas | Exempt | Recognized | Not taxed | None | |
| California | Not yet researched | Not researched | Not researched | Not researched | Not researched |
| Colorado | Not yet researched | Not researched | Not researched | Not researched | Not researched |
| Connecticut | Not yet researched | Not researched | Not researched | Not researched | Not researched |
| Delaware | No state sales tax | Not recognized | No exemption | None | |
| Florida | Exempt with conditions | Recognized | Not taxed | None | |
| Georgia | Not yet researched | Not researched | Not researched | Not researched | Not researched |
| Hawaii | Not yet researched | Not researched | Not researched | Not researched | Not researched |
| Idaho | Exempt | Recognized | Not taxed | None | |
| Illinois | Not yet researched | Not researched | Not researched | Not researched | Not researched |
| Indiana | Not yet researched | Not researched | Not researched | Not researched | Not researched |
| Iowa | Not yet researched | Not researched | Not researched | Not researched | Not researched |
| Kansas | Exempt with conditions | Not recognized | No exemption | None | |
| Kentucky | Not yet researched | Not researched | Not researched | Not researched | Not researched |
| Louisiana | Exempt with conditions | Recognized | No exemption | None | |
| Maine | Not yet researched | Not researched | Not researched | Not researched | Not researched |
| Maryland | Exempt with conditions | Not recognized | No exemption | None | |
| Massachusetts | Not yet researched | Not researched | Not researched | Not researched | Not researched |
| Michigan | Not yet researched | Not researched | Not researched | Not researched | Not researched |
| Minnesota | Not yet researched | Not researched | Not researched | Not researched | Not researched |
| Mississippi | Not yet researched | Not researched | Not researched | Not researched | Not researched |
| Missouri | Exempt with conditions | Recognized | Not taxed | None | |
| Montana | No state sales tax | Not recognized | No exemption | None | |
| Nebraska | Exempt | Not recognized | Not taxed | None | |
| Nevada | Not yet researched | Not researched | Not researched | Not researched | Not researched |
| New Hampshire | No state sales tax | Not recognized | No exemption | None | |
| New Jersey | Not yet researched | Not researched | Not researched | Not researched | Not researched |
| New Mexico | Not yet researched | Not researched | Not researched | Not researched | Not researched |
| New York | Not yet researched | Not researched | Not researched | Not researched | Not researched |
| North Carolina | Exempt | Not recognized | No exemption | None | |
| North Dakota | Not yet researched | Not researched | Not researched | Not researched | Not researched |
| Ohio | Not yet researched | Not researched | Not researched | Not researched | Not researched |
| Oklahoma | Exempt | Recognized | No exemption | None | |
| Oregon | No state sales tax | Not recognized | No exemption | None | |
| Pennsylvania | Not yet researched | Not researched | Not researched | Not researched | Not researched |
| Rhode Island | Not yet researched | Not researched | Not researched | Not researched | Not researched |
| South Carolina | Not yet researched | Not researched | Not researched | Not researched | Not researched |
| South Dakota | Exempt | Not recognized | Not taxed | None | |
| Tennessee | Exempt | Not recognized | Not taxed | None | |
| Texas | Exempt | Not recognized | Not taxed | Authorized | |
| Utah | Exempt with conditions | Recognized | Not taxed | None | |
| Vermont | Taxed | Not recognized | No exemption | None | |
| Virginia | Not yet researched | Not researched | Not researched | Not researched | Not researched |
| Washington | Exemption repealed | Not recognized | No exemption | None | |
| West Virginia | Not yet researched | Not researched | Not researched | Not researched | Not researched |
| Wisconsin | Not yet researched | Not researched | Not researched | Not researched | Not researched |
| Wyoming | Exempt with conditions | Recognized | Not taxed | None |