What does your venue tax?

My venue taxes Ventura county rate(where they are located in SoCal) and it's 7.5% + 20% service fee +20% gratuity

I'm asking because it adds another $475 on to a ceremony and cocktail hour. Just sounds weird to me. I totally get taxing and servicing the reception, alcohol, and food.

We have a 20% service charge and a 13% city tax. Ours is a hotel that is doing everything, as well.

Yup that's pretty normal.

I believe my ceremony is taxed... they just added $10 per head to the total. And they added the service and tax charges to the total.

Legit everything down to guests breathing. 9% tax on everything and then a service fee that I am currently drawing a blank on (maybe around 17%). To give you an idea: one aspect of the wedding is about $5,000. Of that, about $1,200 is taxes and service fees. Makes me wish we got married in our kitchen.

I'm 18% service charge and 8.675% tax. It's normal.

My venue is the same. I think the tax and service charge get added to EVERYTHING

Nothing. I married in DE, where there's no sales tax. We saved thousands, by booking almost all the vendors there, too.

And yes, in my home state they also tax the service charge. They tax the shipping charge, for mail orders, too.

State and sometimes city law determine what is taxed. A service charge is sometimes a gratuity, sometimes it pays for labor (servers, setting up chairs, etc). It's a common fee.

Everything for us was taxed at the 20% service charge and then 7% sales tax, including set up services and rentals.

This is pretty standard. We have a 20% service charge and a 7% sales tax.

Mine is 18% service charge and 7% tax, which is pretty normal for PA.

Every venue that we have looked at charges tax plus 22-25% service fee

Edit: Every venue that is all inclusive

Ok thanks everyone. I guess it's normal for them to add up everything you want and then add the service fee and then the tax.... Even the service fee is taxed. Geez

0%, because Oregon.

Mine was 6% tax 20% service charge