Find it yourself
Do you have nexus? Here's how to find out.
The answer is a set of thresholds that differ by state and change every year. We won't quote them — we'll show you where they live.
a threshold from last year is how people find out they had nexus the hard wayWhy we don't print the thresholds.
Every state sets its own economic-nexus thresholds, and states revise them routinely. A page listing thresholds for all fifty states is a snapshot that's already wrong somewhere. And for this question, being wrong is expensive — it means collecting tax you didn't, or remitting tax you weren't required to collect.
The reliable way is the same one the states intend: check the current thresholds for the specific states you sell into, from the state itself.
The source: each state's department of revenue.
The authority that decides whether you have nexus is the state where the sale happens, and its department of revenue publishes the thresholds. Search "[state] department of revenue economic nexus" and open the .gov result. A useful national starting point is the Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board, a coalition of states that links to each member's rules.
If the concept itself is new to you, read sales tax and nexus, explained first — it defines the words this page assumes.
What to look for when you get there.
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The state's “economic nexus” thresholds
Each state lists the sales count and/or dollar amount that creates nexus, on its department of revenue site. Those two numbers are what you came for — find them for the states you actually sell into.
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The “physical presence” triggers
Some connections create nexus regardless of sales volume: an employee, an office, a warehouse, or inventory in the state. Look for that list too.
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The registration page
The same site tells you how to register and start collecting once you have nexus. Knowing you have it is only half the job — the page will walk you through the other half.
What it depends on in your case.
Three facts decide it: where your customers are, how much you sell into each state, and whether you have any physical presence there. Notice what isn't on the list — where your company is formed. You can be a Wyoming LLC and have nexus in a dozen other states at once.
Once you know you have nexus, the next step is registering — which is exactly what our state tax registration page walks through, and part of what we handle when we form your company.
Start with a company that's registered right.
We handle formation and the state tax registrations that apply to you, so the nexus question gets answered up front instead of at your first audit.
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