Selling on the Grand Exchange charges a 2% tax, capped at 5,000,000 gp per item, with nothing taxed below 50 gp. Enter a sale price to see exactly what lands in your pouch.
Since 2021 the Grand Exchange applies a sale tax to remove gold from the economy. As of 29 May 2025 the rate is 2% of the selling price, taken from the seller when a sell order completes.
Some items are excluded entirely — you keep 100% of the sale:
Full exemption list is maintained in-game; the above are the common ones.
The tax is 2% of an item's sale price, capped at 5,000,000 gp per item. It rose from 1% to 2% on 29 May 2025. There is no tax on items that sell for under 50 gp.
Because the cap is a flat 5,000,000 gp, any single item selling for more than 250,000,000 gp pays the same 5M tax. Below 250M you pay the full 2%.
No. The tax only applies to the seller when a sell offer completes. Buying an item on the Grand Exchange costs nothing beyond the price you pay for it.
Old School bonds, most tools, low-tier arrows/darts, mind runes, cheap food and teleport items are exempt. If an item sells for under 50 gp it's also effectively untaxed because the 2% rounds down to zero.