Plain-English guidance on state sales tax registration, seller’s permits, resale certificates and ongoing compliance – written by the team that prepares these filings every day. Ready to register? Start your sales tax application.
If you sell without a sales tax permit when a state or local jurisdiction requires one, you may be making sales without legal authorization. The consequences depend on where you are doing business and what you sell. They can include monetary penalties,…
Yes, the District of Columbia requires sales tax registration when a seller has a DC sales tax collection obligation. That can include certain remote sellers that cross DC’s economic-nexus threshold and out-of-state direct sellers whose employees or independent contractors deliver goods or…
Dropshipping sales are not subject to Delaware sales tax because Delaware has no state or local sales tax. A dropshipper therefore does not register for a Delaware sales-tax permit merely to collect tax from a Delaware customer. However, a business that is…
Usually, yes—if your sales tax account is active and the state or local tax authority has assigned you a return for that period, you generally should not assume that having no sales eliminates the filing requirement. A return showing zero sales or…
Idaho Form ST-101 does not have a fixed expiration date specified by the Idaho State Tax Commission. A seller may retain a properly completed certificate and rely on it for later qualifying purchases. However, that does not mean one certificate automatically covers…
No. Oregon does not require a general sales tax permit because the state does not impose a general sales or use/transaction tax. A business making ordinary retail sales in Oregon therefore does not register to collect a statewide Oregon general sales tax.…
A sales tax permit, business license, and EIN are three different forms of business identification or authorization. A sales tax permit generally concerns collecting and reporting sales tax in a particular state. A business license concerns permission to conduct specified business activity…
You may need a sales tax permit to sell through Amazon FBA, but there is no single nationwide answer. Registration must be evaluated separately in every state where your business has physical or economic nexus, taking that state’s marketplace-seller rules into account.…
How often you have to file sales tax returns depends on the filing frequency assigned under each state or local jurisdiction where your business is registered. A business may be required to file monthly, quarterly, or annually. Do not assume that the…
Sale Tax Taxes Businesses that sell goods or taxable services to customers may be required to collect sale tax taxes