I'm sick of handling sales tax! How can TaxJar help me?
How can TaxJar help me?
We get you. You're a sales tax veteran who is spending too much time on this thankless administrative task. Follow these steps and let TaxJar take sales tax off your plate.
If you haven't already, sign up for a 30-day free TaxJar trial to get started.
Step 1: Link Your Shopping Carts to TaxJar
First, go to your Linked Accounts here.
- Choose your platform and follow the directions in TaxJar to link your shopping cart. This allows us to pull in your sales tax data and help you handle sales tax.
- If you sell on more than one platform, you can go back and add another.
- TaxJar works best when you've linked all of the carts or platforms you sell on! Please note, some integrations require upgraded plans.
- If you have more sales tax requirements across multiple channels or have any questions, please contact us at support@taxjar.com
Need help? Here's more info on how to link your shopping cart to TaxJar.
Step 2: Fill Out Your TaxJar Business Profile
TaxJar needs a little bit of information about your business to create sales tax reports for you. Click here to fill out your TaxJar business profile.
Step 3: Tell Us Your Sales Tax Filing Frequency in Every State
As you've probably noticed, some states want you to file sales tax monthly, others want you to file quarterly, annually or even semi-annually. Your state gives you this information at the time you receive your sales tax permit.
Once you've received your filing frequency from the state, login to TaxJar and tell us your sales tax filing frequency for each of your nexus states.
Don't skip this step! This ensures that your TaxJar dashboard shows you the correct due dates and provides you the correct amounts of sales tax to file when your tax return is due.
If you don't fill this step out, your dashboard defaults to monthly filing, but that might not be correct for every state.
Step 4: Get to Know TaxJar!
1.) View your TaxJar Reports by clicking on the “Sales Tax Report” button on your TaxJar Dashboard. You'll use this info for each state when it comes time to file a sales tax return.
2.) Click on the Expected Sales Tax Due tab in your Report to see an estimate of what you should be collecting. Use this if you feel like your sales tax collection may be set up incorrectly. (Keep in mind that, for now, your Expected Sales Tax Due tab doesn't account for differently taxed or non-taxed sales, so if you sell items like groceries, clothing or supplements the amounts in this tab may be off.)
3.) Get an overview of sales totals and sales tax collection in all states in the Detailed Sales Tax Analysis report. Ex: You can use this report to find transactions on which you didn't collect sales tax.
4.) Visit your Transactions page. Here you can filter specific transactions by state name or date or sales tax collection, etc.
Step 5: File a Sales Tax Return
Once you've set up your TaxJar account, sales tax filing is simple.
When it comes time to file a sales tax return for a state, simply use the data in your TaxJar state reports. Here's more on how to file a sales tax return with TaxJar. Once you've filed, be sure to enter any payments into your TaxJar payment history.
Or, let us file your sales tax returns for you! If you'd rather not even bother with filing manually, TaxJar can also AutoFile your sales tax returns for you.
Follow these instructions to enroll in AutoFile. Once you're enrolled, we'll file your sales tax returns for you every time they're due.
Step 6: Do Something Else - Your Sales Tax is Handled!
Congrats! If you've followed these steps sales tax filing is going to be a breeze from now on. Now you can get back to doing what you do best - running your business!
Psst! If you feel like you need a refresher on any sales tax concepts, check out our Sales Tax 101 Guide.