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The state's average combined state and local sales tax rate is the eighth-lowest in the country, according to the Tax Foundation. State sales taxes in Nevada are a relatively high 6.85%; when you add in local taxes, the average combined state and local sales tax rate shoots up to 8.23%, the 13th-highest in the country. How much the hypothetical family paid (and deducted on their income tax return) in property taxes was calculated by assuming a residence with a $300,000 assessed value and then applying each state's median property tax rate to that amount. [Extracted from the article]