Sales Tax Compliance Support & Nexus Tracking
Sales tax nexus tracked state by state and return data prepared from your books, ready for you to file.
Sales Tax Support overview
Since the Supreme Court's 2018 Wayfair decision, a business can owe sales tax in a state where it has no office, staff or warehouse. Each state sets its own sales tax nexus test, most at $100,000 of sales into the state, and they differ on what counts, which period applies and which products are taxable.
Sales tax compliance support starts with data. We split your sales by state, channel and taxability, separate marketplace orders where Amazon or another facilitator already collected the tax, and measure each state against its own threshold and look-back period. You see where you have nexus, where you are getting close, and what you have collected that is owed.
We prepare. You approve. You file. HOF Partners does not register you with states or file sales tax returns. We prepare the figures for each return from reconciled books, reconcile the sales tax liability account and keep the workpapers. You submit the return from your own account with each state, or your CPA or sales tax provider does.
Prefer to talk it through first? Call +971 54 542 4854 or email info@hof-partners.com.
What sales tax support covers
- Where you owe today
- Your sales in each state measured against its dollar and order limits, plus any staff or stock you keep there.
- Early warning by state
- Sales by state updated after every month-end, so you see a state's limit coming before you cross it.
- Return figures by state
- Total, exempt, marketplace, and taxable sales prepared in the lines each state's sales tax return asks for.
- Tax owed double-checked
- The sales tax you owe checked against what you collected and what you filed, with any gap explained.
- Tax-free sales backed up
- Resale and tax-exempt customer certificates logged against the sales they cover, ready if a state asks.
- Help with past years
- Past sales by state and period prepared for your adviser if you need to register late or settle old tax.
Know where you owe sales tax before a state tells you.
Questions about Sales Tax Support
The connection with a state that requires you to register and collect its sales tax. Physical presence, such as an office, staff or stored inventory, creates it, and so do sales into the state above its economic threshold. Most states use $100,000; California and Texas use $500,000, and New York $500,000 plus more than 100 sales. See state thresholds.
In fewer states each year. Illinois dropped its 200-transaction test on January 1, 2026 and Kentucky on August 1, 2026. States including Georgia, Michigan, New Jersey and Ohio still use $100,000 or 200 transactions, and Connecticut requires $100,000 and 200 transactions together.
No. We prepare the figures and workpapers for each return, and you or your CPA submit the return and payment from your account with each state. The filing obligation and the state login stay with you.
It depends on the state. Some tax software delivered online and others do not. Texas, for example, taxes SaaS as a data processing service on 80% of the charge. We tag each product's taxability by state in your books, using the treatment your adviser confirms.
Speak to your CPA or a sales tax adviser before you register. Many states offer voluntary disclosure agreements that can limit how far back you pay and reduce penalties. We prepare the sales history by state and period that the process needs.
Any business selling taxable goods, and in some states services or software, into more than one state. That includes online stores, wholesalers, software companies, and shops that ship to customers elsewhere. Five states have no statewide sales tax: Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire, and Oregon, though Alaska allows local sales taxes.
It depends on how many states you sell into, how many sales channels you use and how often each state asks you to file. You get a written quote after the free consultation, before any work starts.
More ways we can help
All services- Bookkeeping for CPA FirmsA white-label bookkeeping team that works in your software, follows your checklists and stays invisible to your clients.
- Catch-Up BookkeepingMonths or years of missing or messy books brought current, reconciled and ready for your tax preparer.
- Monthly BookkeepingVirtual bookkeeping that posts, reconciles and closes your books every month, ready for your CPA at year end.
- Ecommerce BookkeepingPayouts broken back into sales, fees, refunds and tax, with inventory costed and sales tracked by state.
- QuickBooks BookkeepingA QuickBooks Online bookkeeper who sets your file up properly and keeps it reconciled every month.
- Startup BookkeepingAccrual books for startups and SaaS companies, with deferred revenue, burn and runway ready for investors and your CPA.
Talk to us about your sales tax data
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