Calculate the Palm Beach County Public Service tax by adding 10% to your price of propane gas, natural gas, or electricity, in addition to the 7.0% for sales tax. The following is a hypothetical example of the calculation involved:
Assumption: Hypothetical selling price of propane gas is $21.99 per tank.
Sales Tax calculation: $21.99 x .070 = $1.54
PBC Public Service Tax calculation: $21.99 x .10 = $2.20
Total added tax collected: $3.74
The total price the customer would pay is $21.99 + 1.54 + 2.20 =$25.73
The $2.20 Palm Beach County Public Service Tax, which is charged and collected by the seller, would then be remitted to Palm Beach County for transactions occurring in the unincorporated area of the county. If the transaction occurs in a municipality, the tax should be remitted to that municipality at the appropriate tax rate. Some municipalities have a different tax rate than 10%.