The formulas
- Sales tax = sale x (4% + local rate)
- Nexus when counted sales are more than $500,000 and transactions are more than 100, in the immediately preceding four sales tax quarters
- Counted sales = direct sales + marketplace sales
How it works
Figures current as of November 2026.
The state rate is 4 percent. The tool multiplies the sale amount by the statewide base rate plus the local rate you enter (local sales tax for the delivery address, including the MCTD rate where it applies) and shows the state and local parts separately. The local rate depends on where the goods are delivered.
A seller with no physical presence in New York must register and collect once it has more than $500,000 of gross receipts from sales of tangible personal property delivered into New York and more than 100 separate transactions in the immediately preceding four sales tax quarters. Sales you make through a marketplace facilitator count toward your own New York threshold, together with your direct sales.
A seller with a physical presence in New York, such as staff, an office or inventory, must collect regardless of the threshold. The tool does not decide whether a product is taxable or exempt; enter the taxable price.
Illustrative figures only. Check the result against your firm's methodology before relying on it.
Common questions
What is the New York sales tax rate?
The state rate is 4 percent. Local rates are added on top by delivery address.
What is the New York economic nexus threshold?
More than $500,000 of gross receipts from sales of tangible personal property delivered into New York and more than 100 separate transactions in the immediately preceding four sales tax quarters.
Do marketplace sales count toward the New York threshold?
Sales you make through a marketplace facilitator count toward your own New York threshold, together with your direct sales.
Sources
- NYS Tax Department, Sales and use tax
- NYS Tax Department, Registration requirement for businesses with no physical presence in New York State
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