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The state pillars and the vertical pillars, indexed.
A focused reference for the multi-state sales tax for small business operator — fifteen state pillars (Texas, Florida, New York, California, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, New Jersey, Washington, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, Massachusetts, Michigan, Wisconsin) the way the per-state cadence stacks against one another, and five vertical landing pages that adapt the same loop to the operator shape (the corner restaurant, the retail floor, the agency bench, the truck bay, the four-person shop). Pick a state, pick an industry, then walk.
State pillars
Fifteen states every multi-state operator ships into.
Pick a state to read through that pillar end-to-end — the exact revenue agency, the remittance cadence, the combined rate ceiling, and the registration threshold. Texas, Florida, New York, California, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, and New Jersey cover the largest share of small-operator ship-to volume in 2026; Washington and Georgia broaden the cluster; North Carolina, Virginia, and Massachusetts broaden it, while Michigan and Wisconsin close the latest Midwest fold at the bottom.
Base 6.25% + ~2% local · ~8.25% combined ceiling
Texas sales tax
A flat 6.25% statewide base + ~2% city/county/MTA overlay, capped at ~8.25% combined — with the always-file-the-January-annual rule the Comptroller enforces on every permit holder.
Read the Texas guideBase 6% + 0.5–2% surtax · 6.5%–8% combined
Florida sales tax
A flat 6% state base + a discretionary surtax of 0.5%–2% per ship-to county (FL DOR caps at ~8% combined), monthly on the 20th with a $20K-annual swing tipping into quarterly.
Read the Florida guideBase 4% + 0.375% MCTD + 4.5% NYC · ~8.875% NYC combined · ~8.125% upstate
New York sales tax
A 4% state base + 0.375% MCTD + 4.5% NYC stacking to ~8.875% NYC-headline, a Wayfair two-prong ($500K + 100 transactions — both prongs exceeded), and a ~36-month refund window under TB-ST-103.
Read the New York guide7.25% floor + ~3% overlay · 7.25%–10.75% combined
California sales tax
A 7.25% statewide floor (6% + 1.25% mandatory uniform local) + ~3% city/county/district overlay carrying combined rates up to ~10.75% — and the always-file-a-no-activity-return rule the CDTFA enforces.
Read the California guideBase 6% + 1% Allegheny / 2% Philadelphia SUT · 6%–8% combined
Pennsylvania sales tax
A 6% statewide base layered with a 1% Allegheny County SUT and a 2% Philadelphia SUT (no other county overlay on top) — so most of PA ships 6%, Pittsburgh 7%, and Philadelphia 8%.
Read the Pennsylvania guideBase 6.25% + home-rule local · ~7.25%–11.50% combined
Illinois sales tax
A 6.25% state base + home-rule city + county + RTA + special-purpose-district overlay pushing Chicago-ship-to combined to ~11.50% (the highest in the cluster) — paired with the IDOR Level 1 Wayfair-aligned $100K + 200-transaction two-prong, both prongs required.
Read the Illinois guideBase 7.25% + county/local add-ons · typically 7%–8% combined
Ohio sales tax
A 7.25% ODT-administered base with county/local add-ons typically bringing combined rates to 7%–8% depending on ship-to — the only state in the fifteen-pillar cluster that files monthly on the 23rd (Form ST-1), with a dual-prong $100K / 200-transaction Wayfair nexus carrying a heavier seven-year ODT lookback, and a separate Form CAT-11 obligation at $500K.
Read the Ohio guideBase 6.625% statewide · 3.3125% UEZ reduced rate where it applies
New Jersey sales tax
A single 6.625% NJ DTO-administered statewide base (no county/municipal overlay) with a reduced 3.3125% rate available to qualified Urban Enterprise Zone businesses on UEZ-eligible sales — monthly on the 20th (Form ST-50), with a dual-prong $100K / 200-transaction Wayfair nexus and no multi-year lookback.
Read the New Jersey guideBase 6.5% + 0.5%–3.5% local · ~9.00%–10.50% combined
Washington sales tax
A 6.5% WA DOR-administered base + 0.5%–3.5% local sales-and-use-tax overlay pushing King County/Seattle ship-tos to ~10.35% combined — the only state in the cluster that files monthly on the last day of the month (distinct from the 20th the other Pillars ship or the 23rd Ohio ships), with a dual-prong $100K / 200-transaction Wayfair-aligned nexus carrying no multi-year WA DOR lookback, and a marketplace-facilitator posture requiring the direct-channel owner to register and apply the ship-to combined rate on every direct-channel sale.
Read the Washington guideBase 4% + 1%–3% county + LOST 1% + SPLOST 1% + ESPLOST 1% + ARC 4% / LOOP 1% · ~6.00%–8.90% combined
Georgia sales tax
A 4% GA DOR-administered base layered with a county 1%–3% sales tax + a 1% SPLOST + a 1% LOST per-county overlay + a 1% ESPLOST school-district overlay + the 4% ARC + 1% LOOP in MARTA-served counties — pushing Fulton (Atlanta) and DeKalb ship-tos to ~8.9% combined — with a dual-prong $100K / 200-transaction Wayfair nexus (either prong satisfying) and no multi-year GA DOR lookback, and an SSUTA-aligned marketplace-facilitator carve-out for in-state facilitator-collected channel sales.
Read the Georgia guideBase 4.75% + 2.00%–2.75% county overlay · ~6.75%–7.50% combined
North Carolina sales tax
A 4.75% NCDOR-administered base layered with a county 2.00%–2.75% sales-and-use-tax overlay pushing Mecklenburg (Charlotte), Durham, and Wake (Raleigh) ship-tos to ~7.50% combined (the 2.75% top-end) and the rest of the state to ~6.75%–7.25% — paired with a single-prong $100K Wayfair-aligned economic-nexus threshold (no transaction-count prong, no multi-year look-back) and SSUTA Central Registration the NCDOR honors alongside North Carolina-only registration.
Read the North Carolina guideBase 4.3% + 1% local · 5.3%–7% combined
Virginia sales tax
A 4.3% Virginia state component + 1% local component producing general combined rates from 5.3% to 7% by locality — monthly-or-quarterly returns due on the 20th, with a $100K-or-200-transactions remote-seller threshold and a marketplace/direct-channel split.
Read the Virginia guide6.25% state base
Massachusetts sales tax
A flat 6.25% state rate with no general city or county overlay, a $100K prior-or-current-calendar-year remote-seller threshold, taxable prewritten software and SaaS, marketplace-facilitator collection, and monthly returns due on the last day of the following month.
Read the Massachusetts guide6% state base
Michigan sales tax
A flat 6% statewide rate with no general local overlay, a prior-calendar-year $100K-or-200-transaction economic-nexus test, fact-specific prewritten software and SaaS treatment, marketplace-facilitator collection, and monthly returns due on the 20th.
Read the Michigan guide5% state base
Wisconsin sales tax
A 5% state base + a typical 0.5% county overlay, a 0.9% Milwaukee County rate, and a separate 2% City of Milwaukee tax — paired with a $100K previous-or-current-calendar-year nexus test with no 200-transaction alternative and monthly returns due on the 20th.
Read the Wisconsin guide
Vertical pages
Same loop, five operator shapes.
The five vertical landing pages adapt the bookkeeping loop to the operator interior — the till, the register, the studio bench, the truck bay, the four-person shop. Pick the shape that matches the business an operator runs.
For restaurants
Till reads between shifts, nightly food-cost reconcile, Friday margin digest before Saturday prep starts, and the per-state prepared-food sales-tax estimate pegged to the prepared-vs-grocery split.
Closest state pillar: California
Open the for restaurants pageFor retail
A near-real-time cash-flow watch that reads the register between customers, nightly supplier reconciliation against the SKU the invoice carried, and a Friday per-SKU margin digest before the weekend inventory walk.
Closest state pillar: Texas
Open the for retail pageFor agencies
Per-client revenue recognition reconciled nightly, retainer past-due chasers scripted to the day-of-late, Friday project-margin digest before the weekend scope review, and the multi-state 1099 contractor cadence.
Closest state pillar: New York
Open the for agencies pageFor service shops
Per-job revenue recognition reconciled the night of completion, per-job past-due chasers scripted to the day, parts-versus-labor sales-tax split made on the wire-up, and a per-season margin digest per trade.
Closest state pillar: Texas
Open the for service shops pageFor services
Per-client WIP-to-recognized-revenue reconciled nightly against the four-head capacity ledger, per-client retainer past-due chasers scripted to the day-of-late, the 5th sub-contractor across state lines nexus trigger the partner forgot to update, and a one-page per-month-end digest the four-person team can read on a Sunday evening.
Closest state pillar: California
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