by Paul le Roux | Sep 10, 2026 | Sales Tax Basics & Updates
You may need to charge sales tax on shipping charges, but it depends on three things: the state where the customer takes delivery, whether the items themselves are taxable, and how you show shipping on the invoice. In many states, shipping is taxable whenever you are...
by Paul le Roux | Sep 10, 2026 | Sales Tax Basics & Updates
Yes—under Pennsylvania’s current rule, local sales tax for a taxable online sale is generally sourced to the buyer’s delivery destination. Pennsylvania is therefore destination-based for sales-tax sourcing: the state tax applies to taxable Pennsylvania sales, while...
by Paul le Roux | Sep 10, 2026 | Sales Tax Basics & Updates
Alaska does not have a state sales tax, but many cities and boroughs impose their own local sales taxes, so the tax you charge in Alaska depends on the destination of the sale rather than a single statewide rate. For ecommerce sellers, that means there is no one...
by Paul le Roux | Sep 10, 2026 | Sales Tax Basics & Updates
If you were legally required to register for sales tax in a state and never did, that state can usually assess back sales tax from the date you first had nexus (taxable presence), plus interest and penalties, and in some states there is effectively no automatic time...
by Paul le Roux | Sep 10, 2026 | Sales Tax Basics & Updates
An out-of-state seller has to register in New Jersey when it has nexus with the state, which can come from either a physical presence or from economic activity that meets New Jersey’s remote-seller threshold. For remote sellers, New Jersey currently uses an either/or...
by Paul le Roux | Sep 2, 2026 | Sales Tax Basics & Updates
Yes—in most states, marketplace sales still count toward your nexus threshold, even if the marketplace facilitator collects and remits the sales tax on those transactions. The key exception is that the exact treatment varies by state, so you cannot assume every state...
