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Tax edge

The 2% GE tax has structure: an exemption list, integer rounding, and a 5m cap. Each one is an edge — spreads that die to tax elsewhere are fully keepable here.

GE tax calculator →Full exemption list →How much gp the tax removes →

Tax-exempt flips

Jagex exempts these items entirely — a 1gp spread is 1gp kept. Thin-margin, high-volume territory.

Item↓	Buy↓	Sell↓	Kept margin↓	Vol/day↓
Civitas illa fortis teleport	708	785	+77	77,297
Ardougne teleport (tablet)	467	488	+21	130k
Lumbridge teleport (tablet)	546	565	+19	132k
Kourend castle teleport (tablet)	723	769	+46	39,205
Ring of dueling(8)	820	831	+11	199k
Energy potion(4)	168	178	+10	141k
Watering can	150	300	+150	4,937
Falador teleport (tablet)	502	509	+7	163k
Bronze dart	25	32	+7	606k
Rake	20	247	+227	2,265
Tuna	41	46	+5	452k
Camelot teleport (tablet)	525	530	+5	124k
Cake	90	95	+5	97,505
Teleport to house (tablet)	550	554	+4	2.52m
Mackerel	23	48	+25	13,574
Games necklace(8)	812	817	+5	60,118
Needle	172	180	+8	36,081
Chisel	93	100	+7	29,303
Cooked chicken	60	65	+5	40,014
Salmon	31	33	+2	249k
Shrimps	30	32	+2	153k
Bass	30	32	+2	311k
Herring	13	22	+9	21,023
Energy potion(2)	36	74	+38	3,108
Iron dart	8	9	+1	1.04m
Energy potion(3)	111	112	+1	146k
Steel dart	3	4	+1	2.34m
Iron arrow	4	5	+1	4.94m
Bread	91	92	+1	144k
Steel arrow	10	11	+1	2.87m
Bronze arrow	4	5	+1	2.7m
Mind rune	3	4	+1	27.8m
Lobster	98	99	+1	773k
Meat pie	45	46	+1	137k
Gardening trowel	180	300	+120	814
Pike	47	50	+3	32,435
Cooked meat	61	66	+5	19,403
Pestle and mortar	279	300	+21	4,421
Secateurs	353	425	+72	1,059
Hammer	119	124	+5	14,202

Zero-tax micro flips (under 50gp)

floor(2% × price) = 0 below 50gp, so these trade tax-free by rounding. The classic bulk penny-flip zone — margins are single gp, limits are huge.

Item↓	Buy↓	Sell↓	Kept margin↓	Vol/day↓
Iron bolts (unf)	20	49	+29	82,849
Pot of cream	27	43	+16	258k
Maple shortbow (u)	24	38	+14	258k
Nasturtium seed	10	49	+39	26,531
Sapphire bolts	34	44	+10	253k
Red firelighter	10	42	+32	28,474
Limpwurt seed	15	26	+11	78,384
Marrentill seed	23	48	+25	33,369
Fish offcuts	12	20	+8	1.26m
Bucket of milk	20	28	+8	576k
Butterfly jar	5	26	+21	36,340
Opal bolts	13	39	+26	29,294
Bronze bolts (unf)	15	26	+11	65,770
Blue firelighter	19	42	+23	29,893
Compost	7	25	+18	36,450
Pearl bolts (e)	10	25	+15	42,490
Gryphon feather	12	18	+6	835k
Blue dragon scale	13	19	+6	112k
Pat of butter	40	46	+6	459k
Raw trout	43	49	+6	257k
Emerald bolt tips	35	41	+6	292k
Leaping salmon	5	11	+6	273k
Raw rat meat	40	47	+7	84,100
Marigold seed	9	15	+6	91,817
Bronze arrowtips	4	9	+5	550k
Supercompost	20	25	+5	1.25m
Adamant dart(p)	23	39	+16	28,457
Emerald bolts (e)	7	11	+4	699k
Strawberry seed	2	6	+4	97,628
Belladonna seed	5	42	+37	9,631
Leather body	16	25	+9	38,365
Attack potion(4)	20	30	+10	32,130
Coif	20	38	+18	16,887
Steel arrowtips	34	37	+3	973k
Blighted karambwan	35	38	+3	1.63m
Orange feather	12	15	+3	176k
Egg	16	19	+3	1.42m
Beer glass	20	23	+3	133k
Blighted teleport spell sack	45	48	+3	392k
Topaz bolts (e)	3	6	+3	145k

5m-cap big tickets

Tax caps at 5m, so above 250m the effective rate falls below 2% and keeps falling — the most expensive items are structurally the cheapest to sell, relatively.

Item↓	Buy↓	Sell↓	Tax (capped)↓	Effective rate↓	Net margin↓
3rd Age pickaxe	9.31b	9.39b	5m	0.05%	+72.3m
3rd Age druidic robe top	2.83b	2.86b	5m	0.17%	+24m
3rd Age axe	2.47b	2.49b	5m	0.20%	+9.8m
3rd Age felling axe	2.11b	2.23b	5m	0.22%	+113m
Scythe of Vitur (uncharged)	1.22b	1.23b	5m	0.41%	+2.1m
3rd Age bow	1.01b	1.01b	5m	0.50%	-1m
3rd Age longsword	880m	896m	5m	0.56%	+11m
Tumeken's shadow (uncharged)	790m	792m	5m	0.63%	-3.29m
3rd Age druidic cloak	733m	752m	5m	0.67%	+13.5m
Harmonised orb	572m	573m	5m	0.87%	-4.1m
Elysian sigil	484m	497m	5m	1.01%	+8m
Torva armour set	489m	496m	5m	1.01%	+2.36m
Elysian spirit shield	489m	495m	5m	1.01%	+143k
3rd Age druidic staff	472m	480m	5m	1.04%	+3.44m
Soulreaper axe	415m	417m	5m	1.20%	-3.29m
Inquisitor's armour set	347m	353m	5m	1.41%	+1.63m
Inquisitor's mace	349m	350m	5m	1.43%	-4m
Zaryte crossbow	340m	344m	5m	1.45%	-1.11m
Nihil horn	306m	312m	5m	1.60%	+1.14m
3rd Age cloak	283m	292m	5m	1.72%	+3.3m