# sales-tax-nexus

Totals your revenue and transaction count per state, then flags where you owe sales tax collection.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 380 installs · ★ 98
- Author: openaccountant
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/openaccountant/skills/tree/HEAD/shared/sales-tax-nexus/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-04-09
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/sales-tax-nexus

## What it does

The skill pulls income transactions and groups them by the customer's state. It compares each state's totals against economic nexus thresholds and marks the ones you exceed. Everything runs through Wilson tools: `transaction_search` finds the revenue transactions, `spending_summary` totals revenue and counts transactions, and `export_transactions` builds a report for your tax advisor or for software like TaxJar and Avalara.

Thresholds differ by state, and that is where most people get it wrong. Most states trigger at $100,000 in sales or 200 transactions, but California and Texas use $500,000 revenue with no transaction count, and New York requires both $500,000 and 100 transactions. Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire and Oregon have no state sales tax, though Alaska still has local taxes. Physical presence — an office, warehouse, employee or inventory — creates nexus no matter what your revenue is, and this skill does not cover that.

Without Wilson you export transactions from Stripe, PayPal or Shopify, add a customer state column and build a pivot table. The skill is not tax advice: registration and filing decisions still belong to a CPA.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openaccountant/skills --skill sales-tax-nexus -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/sales-tax-nexus/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/sales-tax-nexus/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openaccountant/skills --skill sales-tax-nexus -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/sales-tax-nexus/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openaccountant/skills --skill sales-tax-nexus -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/sales-tax-nexus/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install openaccountant/skills sales-tax-nexus
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/sales-tax-nexus/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openaccountant/skills --skill sales-tax-nexus -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/openaccountant/skills --path shared/sales-tax-nexus
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/sales-tax-nexus/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openaccountant/skills --skill sales-tax-nexus -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/openaccountant/skills/tree/HEAD/shared/sales-tax-nexus/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- find which states require you to collect sales tax
- compare per-state revenue against economic nexus thresholds
- count transactions per state for the year
- export a state-by-state report for a tax advisor
- separate states with no sales tax from the rest

## Example prompts
- total my revenue by state and tell me where I crossed the nexus threshold
- check whether I have a sales tax obligation in New York
- build a report of revenue and transactions by state for last year

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: sales-tax-nexus
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  Determine sales tax obligations by state based on economic nexus thresholds.
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# Sales Tax Nexus Analysis

## Overview

Analyzes your revenue and transaction volume by state to determine where you have economic nexus and are required to collect and remit sales tax. After the 2018 Supreme Court decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair, most states impose sales tax obligations on remote sellers exceeding certain thresholds.

## Wilson Tools Used

- `transaction_search` — Find revenue transactions and identify customer locations by state
- `spending_summary` — Summarize total revenue by state for threshold comparison
- `export_transactions` — Export state-by-state revenue data for filing or advisor review

## Workflow

1. Use `transaction_search` to pull all revenue (income) transactions for the current or prior calendar year.
2. Group revenue by customer state (based on transaction descriptions, merchant data, or notes).
3. Use `spending_summary` to total revenue and count transactions per state.
4. Compare each state's totals against that state's economic nexus thresholds.
5. Flag any state where you exceed the threshold -- you likely have a collection obligation.
6. Use `export_transactions` to generate a report for your tax advisor or sales tax software.

### Common Economic Nexus Thresholds

Most states use one or both of these triggers (exceed **either** to create nexus):

| Threshold Type | Most Common Level | Notes |
|---------------|-------------------|-------|
| Revenue | $100,000 in sales | Some states use $500K (CA, NY, TX) |
| Transactions | 200 transactions | Not all states use a transaction count |

**States with no sales tax:** AK (no state tax, but local taxes exist), DE, MT, NH, OR.

**Notable exceptions to the $100K / 200 threshold:**
- California: $500,000 revenue only (no transaction count)
- New York: $500,000 revenue AND 100 transactions (must meet both)
- Texas: $500,000 revenue only

### Key Dates

- Nexus is typically measured on a rolling 12-month or prior calendar year basis.
- Once nexus is established, you must register, collect, and remit until you fall below the threshold for a specified period (varies by state).

## Without Wilson

1. Export all revenue transactions from your payment processor (Stripe, PayPal, Shopify, etc.).
2. Add a "Customer State" column based on shipping address or billing address.
3. Create a pivot table: State vs. Sum of Revenue and Count of Transactions.
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