Kansas sales tax for salons
Are haircuts and salon services taxable in Kansas?
No. The Kansas Department of Revenue's fact sheet for beauty salons, barber shops and nail salons lists haircuts, perms, dyeing, shampooing, manicures and sculptured nails as exempt services, and Kansas taxes only the services its statute lists. Below: each kind of service, the products you sell, the rate and the permit a salon needs, each answered from the Kansas Department of Revenue's own publications, rules or statutes, read on October 25, 2026.
- Haircuts
- Not taxable
- Nails
- Not taxable
- Products you sell
- Taxable
- State rate
- 6.5%
Administered by Kansas Department of Revenue.The agency's page The state's own words
Services
Which salon services are taxable in Kansas?
No. The Kansas Department of Revenue's fact sheet for beauty salons, barber shops and nail salons lists haircuts, perms, dyeing, shampooing, manicures and sculptured nails as exempt services, and Kansas taxes only the services its statute lists.
- Hair services
- Not taxable
- Nail services
- Not taxable
- Skin care and waxing
- Not taxable
Hair services: haircuts, color, styling, perms and shaves. Nail services: manicures, pedicures and enhancements. Skin care: facials, waxing and other hair removal, and makeup.
Products
Do salons charge sales tax on products in Kansas?
Yes. The Kansas Department of Revenue salon fact sheet says hair products a salon sells, such as shampoo, conditioners, hair spray and styling products, are taxable. The state rate is 6.5% plus local tax.
The rate
What is the sales tax rate in Kansas?
- Statewide tax
- Kansas Retailers' Sales Tax
- State rate
- 6.5%
- Local sales taxes
- Yes, added by cities, counties or districts
The rate a client pays depends on the salon's address: look it up with the Kansas Department of Revenue.
The permit
Does a salon need a sales tax permit in Kansas?
Kansas Retailers' Sales Tax registration (Business Tax Application, CR-16). Register through the KDOR Customer Service Center online, or mail or fax the signed CR-16 Business Tax Application; there is no business tax registration fee. It is free.
- Registration
- Kansas Retailers' Sales Tax registration (Business Tax Application, CR-16)
- State fee
- Free
Good to know
What else Kansas says about salons and sales tax
- A salon pays sales tax on the shampoo, dye and other supplies it uses up in exempt services.
- Local sales tax is added to the 6.5% state rate, and the combined rate depends on where the customer takes the goods or receives the service.
Sources
What Kansas's official pages say
Each answer above, in the words of the Kansas Department of Revenue's own publications, rules or statutes, read on October 25, 2026. This is not tax advice: rules and rates change, so confirm with the Kansas Department of Revenue or an accountant.
- Hair services
“Hair services such as haircuts, perms, dyeing hair, shampooing Exempt”
ksrevenue.gov - Nail services
“Nail services such as manicures, sculptured nails Exempt”
ksrevenue.gov - Skin care and waxing
“Such tax shall be imposed upon:”
kslegislature.gov - Products you sell
“Hair products such as shampoo, conditioners, hair spray and styling products Taxable”
ksrevenue.gov - The tax and its rate
“Kansas is one of 45 states plus the District of Columbia* that levy a sales and the companion compensating use tax.”
ksrevenue.gov “increasing over the years to the current state rate of 6.50%”
ksrevenue.gov “counties and cities in Kansas have the option of imposing a local sales tax”
ksrevenue.gov - The permit
“Another option is to complete the [Business Tax Application (CR-16)](https://ksrevenue.gov/pdf/cr16.pdf).”
ksrevenue.gov “There is no business tax registration fee.”
ksrevenue.gov - The agency
“KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE”
ksrevenue.gov - Also good to know
“Consumable supplies such as shampoo, permanents, conditioners, dye, nail polish and styling products to be used in the exempt service”
ksrevenue.gov - Also good to know
“The combined tax rate that is charged is based on the destination of the goods or service.”
ksrevenue.gov
Questions
Kansas salon sales tax, answered
Are haircuts taxable in Kansas?
Do nail salons charge sales tax in Kansas?
Are facials and waxing taxable in Kansas?
Do salons charge sales tax on products in Kansas?
Does a salon need a sales tax permit in Kansas?
What is the sales tax rate in Kansas?
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