Enacted 📅 Plan ahead Rate change

Ankeny, Iowa adds a 1% local option sales tax from 1 January 2027, taking the combined rate from 6% to 7%

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Jurisdiction
United States (Iowa)
Tax
Local option sales and services tax
Change type
Rate change
Status
Enacted
Impact
Plan ahead
Announced
8 September 2026
Effective
1 January 2027
Authority
City of Ankeny, Iowa
Systems
Tax engine, POS, E-commerce
Verified
Fetched from official source · medium confidence
Who this affects

Retailers selling in Ankeny (Polk County), Iowa, and anyone maintaining Iowa local rate tables.

What to do

Add the 1% Ankeny local option tax to Iowa rate tables effective 1 January 2027.

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The change

Ankeny (Polk County, Iowa) voters approved a 1% Local Option Sales Tax at the 8 September 2026 special election, effective 1 January 2027; the combined sales tax rate in Ankeny rises from 6% to 7%.

What changed in detail

Voters in Ankeny, in Polk County, Iowa, approved a 1% Local Option Sales Tax at the special election held on 8 September 2026. The tax takes effect on 1 January 2027, and the combined sales tax rate in Ankeny rises from 6% to 7%.

What it means

Add the 1% Ankeny local option tax to Iowa rate tables for sales on or after 1 January 2027. Because the source is the city rather than the state revenue authority, check the state’s published local option rate list when it is updated before relying on the rate for filing.

Proof

The 1% Local Option Sales Tax will take effect Jan. 1, 2027.
Local Option Sales Tax | Ankeny, IA — City of Ankeny, Iowa · captured 21 October 2026
Screenshot of City of Ankeny, Iowa captured 21 October 2026, showing the quoted passage Source snapshot of the official page. Open full size ↗

Sources

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