You have crossed the economic nexus levels in the 12 states with 200 transactions (before the sales thresholds). This means you need to register for sales tax in 12 states as a remote seller. You need sales tax permits in these 12 states (see our company SalesTaxSystem.com for permit registrations).

When registering for sales tax, the state will send critical letters that contain either your sales tax permit number or codes or pin numbers to complete your sales tax accounts.

The 12 sales tax registrations will trigger about 3 letters from each state during the first 2 months. That is a total of 3 letters x 12 states x 2 months= 72 letters (can you even imagine all of that coming to your office or home, ugh)… Our virtual address service has an option to scan all those must-have letters. Each letter, if one or 10 pages, counts as one content scan towards our fees.

You will receive your permits, codes, and pin numbers quickly with our scanning service as your mail will come to our address. You will want to immediately update your tax settings in your Shopify store to start collecting sales tax from your customers vs. having to pay sales tax out of your own pocket.

Our base price includes per month. Includes 50 content scans (up to 20 pages). You have 72 letters/scans, so 50 scans fall under the content scan overage. Your plan is $2 each for content scan overage or 22 x $2.00= $44.00 additional fees over two months. After two months, your mail will drop dramatically as you get caught up on past sales tax returns and are under the 50 content scans per month (this is important if you are behind on sales tax and have past returns to file because you will receive more mail).

You’re an e-commerce seller with multiple brands on different platforms. You may also have multiple companies or DBA names filed.

Virtual Address. Our base price includes 10 content scans (up to 20 pages) and UNLIMITED business and personal names.

We strongly recommend that all e-commerce sellers use our Virtual Address/Mail Scanning Service BEFORE starting their business in the U.S.

All your mail from the states must come to our office to be scanned and organized for you and your e-commerce accounting team. This will save you a lot of time and money with important IRS notices, permits, pins, and codes required for compliance.

We recommend using our Virtual Basic Address Service if you are a new foreign e-commerce seller before you apply for an EIN. As you grow in sales and eventually have sales tax nexus in a few states, you may upgrade to our Virtual Address or Mail Scanning Service.

Our service will provide your business credibility at the start of your U.S. business when you have mail to be scanned (your EIN letter from the IRS, bank documents, trademark registrations… you may pay a separate content scan of $5 per occurrence.

Not sure which service is best? Send us your situation to support@launchwithconfidence.com, and we will discuss which service may be the best fit for you.

If you need support with your sales tax registrations, learn more at our SalesTaxSystem.com, our sister brand.