# GE tax calculator

> Work out the Old School RuneScape Grand Exchange tax on any sale: 2%, rounded down, capped at 5m per item, with the exempt items listed.

Canonical: https://osrsgrandexchange.com/ge-tax-calculator
Last updated: 2026-10-25

The Grand Exchange charges sellers a 2% convenience fee, rounded down and capped at 5m per item. Items under 50 gp pay nothing, because 2% of them rounds down to zero. The buyer pays no tax.

## Items exempt from the tax

From the OSRS Wiki’s Grand Exchange page, checked 2026-10-25.

- Old school bonds
- Energy potion
- Bronze arrow
- Bronze dart
- Iron arrow
- Iron dart
- Mind rune
- Steel arrow
- Steel dart
- Bass
- Bread
- Cake
- Cooked chicken
- Cooked meat
- Herring
- Lobster
- Mackerel
- Meat pie
- Pike
- Salmon
- Shrimps
- Tuna
- Ardougne teleport
- Camelot teleport
- Civitas illa fortis teleport
- Falador teleport
- Games necklace(8)
- Kourend castle teleport
- Lumbridge teleport
- Ring of dueling(8)
- Teleport to house
- Varrock teleport
- Chisel
- Gardening trowel
- Glassblowing pipe
- Hammer
- Needle
- Pestle and mortar
- Rake
- Saw
- Secateurs
- Seed dibber
- Shears
- Spade
- Watering can

The calculator runs in your browser at https://osrsgrandexchange.com/ge-tax-calculator.

## Questions

### How much is the GE tax in OSRS?

2% of the sale price, rounded down, with a maximum of 5 million coins per item. It went up from 1% to 2% on 29 May 2025.

### Who pays the Grand Exchange tax?

The seller. It comes out of what you receive when your sell offer completes.

### Which items have no GE tax?

Items selling under 50 gp, plus a list of exempt items such as Old school bonds, some low-level food and teleport tablets, and skilling tools. The full list is above.

## Related

- [All OSRS calculators](https://osrsgrandexchange.com/calculators)