Sales tax laws by state > Economic nexus

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Out-of-state sales can trigger tax obligations known as economic nexus.

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Identify where and what triggers economic nexus

  • Economic nexus is triggered by reaching a certain amount of sales (e.g., $100,000) and/or a number of sales transactions (e.g., 200 transactions) in another state. 

  • Exempt sales of goods and services may count toward your economic nexus threshold in some states.

  • You need to register in states where you have economic nexus.

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What is economic nexus?

Economic nexus is a connection between a state and business when annual sales revenue and/or transaction quantity reach a threshold set by the state requiring you to register for sales tax.

Who does economic nexus affect?

Economic nexus impacts businesses with no physical presence in a state, also known as remote sellers, who sell goods and services in that state that meet or exceed the state's economic nexus threshold.

Taxable transactions only Taxable transactions and exempt sales

Taxable transactions only

Taxable transactions and exempt sales

  • Exempt sales can count toward your nexus threshold, so you may need to register and report these sales.

  • Some states only count exempt sales of tangible personal property, others include exempt services.

Learn more about exempt sales

Economic nexus details by state

Included transactions:

  • Total retail sales of tangible personal property delivered into the state

  • Sales made through a non-collecting marketplace

  • Exempt sales

Excluded transactions:

  • Sales made through a registered marketplace facilitator

  • Exempt wholesale sales

  • Exempt services

Effective date:

October 1, 2018

Evaluation period:

Current or previous calendar year

Included transactions:

  • Statewide gross sales of goods, property or products delivered into the state

  • Services rendered in the state

  • Sales through marketplaces

  • Exempt sales

  • Exempt services

Excluded transactions:

  • None

Effective date:

Varies by district

Evaluation period:

Current or previous calendar year

Included transactions:

  • Gross proceeds of sales of tangible personal property or services

  • Gross income derived from business in the state

  • Services rendered in the state

  • Exempt sales

  • Exempt services

Excluded transactions:

  • Sales through marketplaces

Effective date:

October 1, 2019

Evaluation period:

Current or previous calendar year

Previous threshold rules:

  • $200,000 in sales only as of January 1, 2019

  • $150,000 in sales only as of January 1, 2020

  • $100,000 in sales only as of January 1, 2021

Included transactions:

  • Aggregated sales of taxable tangible personal property or services

  • Taxable services

  • Digital codes

  • Specified digital products subject to Arkansas sales or use tax delivered into a state

Excluded transactions:

  • Exempt sales

  • Exempt services

  • Sales made through a registered marketplace

Effective date:

July 1, 2019

Evaluation period:

Current or previous calendar year

Included transactions:

  • Total combined sales of tangible personal property delivered into the state by the retailer and all persons related to the retailer

  • Nontaxable sales (i.e., sales for resale)

Excluded transactions:

  • Exempt services

  • Services

Effective date:

April 1, 2019

Evaluation period:

Current or previous calendar year

Included transactions:

  • Retail sales of tangible personal property delivered into the state

  • Commodities delivered into the state

  • Services delivered into the state

  • Exempt sales

  • Exempt services

Excluded transactions:

  • Exempt wholesale

Effective date:

December 1, 2018

Evaluation period:

Current or previous calendar year

Previous threshold rules:

  • Sales volume or transactions included prior to April 14, 2019

  • Sales only as of April 14, 2019

  • $100,000 or 200 transactions prior to April 14, 2019

  • $100,000 in sales only as of April 14, 2019

Included transactions:

  • Gross receipts from tangible personal property (including digital products and SaaS) sold into the state

  • Exempt sales in sales only

  • Exempt services in sales only

Excluded transactions:

  • Services

  • Sales for resale

  • Sales through an online marketplace

Effective date:

July 1, 2019

Evaluation period:

Threshold applies to all transactions within the 12-month period ending on September 30 immediately preceding the monthly or quarterly period when liability is established.

Previous threshold rules:

  • $250,000 and 200 transactions prior to June 30, 2019

Included transactions:

  • Gross receipts from tangible personal property sold into the state
  • Exempt sales in sales only

Excluded transactions:

  • Sales for resale in transaction only

  • Exempt services

  • Taxable services

  • Digital products and SaaS

Included transactions:

  • Taxable sales of tangible personal property delivered physically into the state

Excluded transactions:

  • Exempt sales

  • Exempt services

  • Taxable services

Effective date:

July 1, 2021

Evaluation period:

Current or previous calendar year

Included transactions:

  • Gross revenue from retail sales of tangible personal property delivered electronically or physically to a location in the state for consumption, use, or storage in the state

  • Exempt sales

Excluded transactions:

  • Taxable services

  • Exempt services

  • Exempt resales

Effective date:

January 1, 2019

Evaluation period:

Current or previous calendar year

Previous threshold rules:

  • $250,000 or 200 transactions prior to January 1, 2020

Included transactions:

  • Gross income or gross proceeds of tangible personal property delivered in the state

  • Intangible property delivered in the state

  • Services delivered or consumed in the state

  • Exempt sales

  • Exempt services

Excluded transactions:

  • None

Effective date:

July 1, 2018

Evaluation period:

Current or previous calendar year. Applies to taxable years beginning on January 1, 2018.

Included transactions:

  • Cumulative gross receipts from sales including taxable products and taxable services delivered into the state

  • Exempt sales

  • Exempt services

Excluded transactions:

  • None

Effective date:

June 1, 2019

Evaluation period:

Current or previous calendar year

Included transactions:

  • Cumulative gross receipts from sales

  • Exempt sales

Excluded transactions:

  • Occasional sales

  • Sales for resale

  • Services

  • Sales made through a marketplace facilitator

Effective date:

October 1, 2018 (for state use tax)
January 1, 2021 (for local use tax)

Evaluation period:

Quarterly review based on preceding 12-month period

Previous threshold rules:

  • Sales made through a marketplace facilitator excluded as of January 1, 2020

Included transactions:

  • Gross revenue from sales of tangible personal property

  • Electronically delivered products into the state

  • Electronically delivered services into the state

  • Exempt sales

  • Exempt services

Excluded transactions:

  • None

Effective date:

October 1, 2018

Evaluation period:

Current or previous calendar year

Included transactions:

  • Gross revenue from sales of tangible personal property

  • Specified electronically delivered products

  • Electronically delivered services into the state

  • Exempt sales

  • Exempt services

Excluded transactions:

  • None

Effective date:

January 1, 2019

Evaluation period:

Current or previous calendar year

Previous threshold rules:

  • Sales or transaction volume prior to July 1, 2019

  • $100,000 or 200 transactions prior to July 1, 2019

  • Sales only as of July 1, 2019

Included transactions:

  • Cumulative gross receipt from sales by the retailer to customers in Kansas

Excluded transactions:

  • Awaiting further clarification on the treatment of exempt sales and services

Effective date:

July 1, 2021

Evaluation period:

Current or previous calendar year

Included transactions:

  • Gross receipts from sales of tangible personal property delivered or transferred electronically into the commonwealth

  • Digital property delivered or transferred electronically into the commonwealth 

  • Exempt sales

Excluded transactions:

  • Exempt services

  • Taxable services

Effective date:

October 1, 2018

Evaluation period:

Current or previous calendar year

Included transactions:

  • Gross revenue from sales of products delivered into the state

  • Electronically transferred products

  • Services delivered into the state

  • Exempt sales

  • Exempt services

Excluded transactions:

  • None

Effective date:

July 1, 2020

Evaluation period:

Current or previous calendar year

Included transactions:

  • Gross sales of tangible personal property delivered into the state

  • Taxable services delivered into the state

  • Exempt sales

Excluded transactions:

  • Exempt services

Effective date:

July 1, 2018

Evaluation period:

Current or previous calendar year

Previous threshold rules:

  • $100,000 in sales or 200 transactions, prior to January 1, 2022

  • Sales only as of January 1, 2022

Included transactions:

  • Gross revenue from sales of tangible personal property delivered into the state

  • Sales of software delivered into the state

  • Digital goods delivered into the state

  • Exempt sales of tangible personal property 

  • Exempt sales of software

  • Exempt sales of digital goods

Excluded transactions:

  • Exempt services

Effective date:

October 1, 2018

Evaluation period:

Current or previous calendar year

Included transactions:

  • Sales of tangible personal property delivered into the commonwealth

  • Services delivered into the state

  • Exempt sales

  • Exempt services

Excluded transactions:

  • None

Effective date:

October 1, 2019

Evaluation period:

Current or previous calendar year

Included transactions:

  • Sales of tangible personal property delivered into the state

  • Taxable services delivered into the state

  • Exempt sales

  • Exempt services

Excluded transactions:

  • None

Effective date:

September 30, 2018

Evaluation period:

Current or previous calendar year

Included transactions:

  • Retail sales made into the state from outside the state

  • Taxable services

  • Exempt sales

  • Sales to tax-exempt entities

Excluded transactions:

  • Sales for resale 

  • Exempt services

  • Taxable resale

Effective date:

October 1, 2019

Evaluation period:

Threshold applies to the prior 12-month period

Previous threshold rules:

  • 10 or more sales totaling $100,000 or 100 transactions, prior to October 1, 2019

Included transactions:

  • Total sales made into the state by remote sellers that purposefully or systematically exploit the market in the state

  • Services

  • Exempt sales

  • Exempt services

Excluded transactions:

  • None

Effective date:

September 1, 2018

Evaluation period:

Threshold applies to all transactions for the prior 12 months

Included transactions:

  • Gross receipts from taxable sales of tangible personal property delivered into the state

Excluded transactions:

  • Exempt sales

Effective date:

January 1, 2023

Evaluation period:

Current or previous calendar year, determined quarterly

Included transactions:

  • Total retail sales made to customers in the state

  • Exempt sales

  • Exempt services

  • Sales for resale, sublease, or subrent

Excluded transactions:

  • None

Effective date:

April 1, 2019

Evaluation period:

Current or previous calendar year

Included transactions:

  • Gross revenue from retail sales of tangible personal property into the state

  • Exempt sales

Excluded transactions:

  • Sales for resale

  • Exempt services

  • Services

Effective date:

October 1, 2018

Evaluation period:

Current or previous calendar year

Included transactions:

  • Gross revenue from retail sales of tangible personal property into the state

  • Specified digital products

  • Taxable services (listed in N.J.S.A. 54:32B-3(b)) delivered into the state

  • Nontaxable retail sales of tangible personal property

  • Receipts for taxable services (listed in N.J.S.A. 54:32B-3(b)) delivered into the state, even if it’s exempt

Excluded transactions:

  • None

Effective date:

November 1, 2018

Evaluation period:

Current or previous calendar year

Included transactions:

  • Total taxable gross receipts from sales, leases, and licenses of tangible personal property

  • Sales from licenses and services for use of real property

Excluded transactions:

  • None

Effective date:

July 1, 2019

Evaluation period:

Previous calendar year

Included transactions:

  • Cumulative total gross receipts from sales of tangible personal property delivered into the state

  • Software as a service (SaaS) counts as tangible personal property

  • Nontaxable retail sales of tangible personal property

Excluded transactions:

  • Services

Effective date:

June 21, 2018

Evaluation period:

Immediately preceding four sales tax quarters

Included transactions:

  • Gross sales sourced to the state

  • Sum total sales price of tangible personal property

  • Sum total sales price of digital property

  • Sum total sales price of services

  • Exempt sales

  • Exempt services

Excluded transactions:

  • None

Effective date:

November 1, 2018

Evaluation period:

Current or previous calendar year

Included transactions:

  • Gross taxable sales of tangible personal property and other items into the state

  • Gross taxable sales of services into the state

Excluded transactions:

  • Exempt sales

  • Exempt services

  • Sales made through a marketplace

Effective date:

October 1, 2018

Evaluation period:

Current or previous calendar year

Previous threshold rules:

  • Sales or transactions included prior to July 1, 2019 

  • $100,000 in sales or 200 transactions prior to January 1, 2019 

  • $100,000 in sales only as of January 1, 2019

Included transactions:

  • Gross receipts from sales of tangible personal property for storage, use, or consumption in the state 

  • Enumerated services, the benefit of which is realized in the state

  • Exempt sales

Excluded transactions:

  • Sales for resale

  • Exempt services

Effective date:

August 1, 2019

Evaluation period:

Current or previous calendar year

Included transactions:

  • Aggregate sales of taxable tangible personal property

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Excluded transactions:

  • Exempt sales

  • Exempt services

  • Services

Effective date:

August 1, 2019

Evaluation period:

Current or previous calendar year

Included transactions:

  • Gross sales of products and services in the commonwealth

  • Sales by agents, representatives, or subsidiaries in the commonwealth

  • Exempt sales

  • Exempt services

Excluded transactions:

  • None

Effective date:

July 1, 2019

Evaluation period:

Current or previous calendar year

Included transactions:

  • Total gross sales delivered into the territory

  • Exempt sales

  • Exempt services

Excluded transactions:

  • None

Effective date:

January 1, 2021

Evaluation period:

Seller’s accounting year

Included transactions:

  • Gross revenue from sales of tangible personal property

  • Prewritten computer software delivered electronically

  • Load and leave, vendor-hosted prewritten computer software

  • Specified digital products

  • Taxable services delivered into the state

  • Exempt sales

Excluded transactions:

  • Exempt services

Effective date:

July 1, 2019

Evaluation period:

Previous calendar year

Included transactions:

  • Gross revenue from sales of tangible personal property

  • Electronically transferred products

  • Services delivered into the state

  • Exempt sales

  • Exempt services

Excluded transactions:

  • None

Effective date:

November 1, 2018

Evaluation period:

Previous or current calendar year

Included transactions:

  • Gross revenue from sales of tangible personal property

  • Electronically transferred products

  • Services delivered into the state

  • Exempt sales

  • Exempt services

Excluded transactions:

  • None

Effective date:

November 1, 2018

Evaluation period:

Previous or current calendar year

Included transactions:

  • Sales to customers in the state

  • Exempt sales

  • Exempt services

Excluded transactions:

  • Sales made through online marketplaces

  • Sales for resale

Effective date:

July 1, 2019

Evaluation period:

Previous 12-month period

Previous threshold rules:

  • $500,000 in sales only prior to October 1, 2020

  • $100,000 in sales only as of October 1, 2020

Included transactions:

  • Gross revenue from sales of tangible personal property and services into the state

  • Exempt sales

  • Exempt services

Excluded transactions:

  • None

Effective date:

July 1, 2019

Evaluation period:

Previous 12-month period

Included transactions:

  • Gross revenue from sales of tangible personal property and services into the state

  • Any product transferred electronically into the state

  • Services delivered into the state

  • Exempt sales

  • Exempt services

Excluded transactions:

  • None

Effective date:

January 1, 2019

Evaluation period:

Current or previous calendar year

Included transactions:

  • Sales of tangible personal property and services into the state

  • Products transferred electronically

  • Services in the state

  • Exempt sales 

  • Exempt services

Excluded transactions:

  • None

 

Note: Businesses that only sell tax-exempt items into Vermont are not required to register for sales tax

 

Effective date:

July 1, 2018

Evaluation period:

Previous 12-month period

Included transactions:

  • Sales of tangible personal property

  • Products transferred electronically

  • Services

  • Exempt sales

Excluded transactions:

  • Sales for resale

  • Exempt services

 

Effective date:

July 1, 2019

Evaluation period:

Current or previous calendar year

Included transactions:

  • Cumulative gross annual income

  • Exempt sales 

  • Exempt services

  • Sales for resale

Excluded transactions:

  • None

Effective date:

October 1, 2018

Evaluation period:

Current or previous calendar year

Previous threshold rules:

  • Cumulative gross receipts from retail sales and taxable services into the state prior to December 31, 2019

  • Cumulative gross annual income as of January 1, 2020

  • Resales included as of January 1, 2020

Included transactions:

  • Gross receipts from all retail sales delivered into the District

  • Exempt sales

Excluded transactions:

  • Sales for resale

 

Effective date:

January 1, 2019

Evaluation period:

Current or previous calendar year

Included transactions:

  • Gross sales of tangible personal property and services into the state

  • Exempt sales

  • Exempt services

Excluded transactions:

  • None

Effective date:

January 1, 2019

Evaluation period:

Current or previous calendar year

Included transactions:

  • Annual gross sales of tangible personal property into the state

  • Annual gross sales of services into the state

  • Exempt sales

  • Exempt services

Excluded transactions:

  • None

 

Note: Businesses that make only nontaxable sales into Wisconsin are not required to register for sales tax

Effective date:

October 1, 2018

Evaluation period:

Current or previous calendar year

Previous threshold rules:

  • $100,000 in sales or 200 transactions prior to February 20, 2021

  • $100,000 in sales only as of February 20, 2021

Included transactions:

  • Annual gross sales of tangible personal property into the state

  • Annual gross sales of services into the state

  • Annual gross sales of admission into the state

  • Taxable, exempt, and wholesale sales 

  • Exempt sales 

  • Exempt services

Excluded transactions:

  • None

 

Effective date:

February 1, 2019

Evaluation period:

Current or previous calendar year

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