--- title: "Connecticut Sales Tax Permit Registration Service | MCC" description: "Connecticut's remote seller threshold is $100,000 in sales or 200 transactions, measured over the 12-month period ending September 30." url: "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/bookkeeping/sales-tax-permit-registration/connecticut" --- Sales tax permit · Connecticut # Registering for a Connecticut sales tax permit Connecticut's state sales tax rate is 6.35% and its remote seller threshold is $100,000 in sales or 200 transactions, measured over the 12-month period ending September 30. If your business has crossed it and needs a permit, we prepare and submit the Connecticut registration through portal.ct.gov/drs/businesses/new-business-resource-center/registering-with-drs for $99, plus any state fee at cost. 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[See Tallyfinch](/bookkeeping/mcc-books-downloadable-bookkeeping-software) **Price**$99 per state, plus any state registration fee at cost **Where we cover**Connecticut registrations, done online from New Jersey ## The Connecticut rule for out-of-state sellers Connecticut requires both tests: $100,000 of gross receipts and 200 or more retail sales (since July 1, 2019). DRS guidance says the count includes sales made through a marketplace facilitator. ## Returns once you're registered New registrations file quarterly or monthly. DRS moves you to annual filing (due January 31) if liability was under $1,000 for the prior July 1 to June 30 period, and to monthly filing (due the last day of the following month) if it was over $4,000, with written notice. Quarterly returns are due April 30, July 31, October 31 and January 31. ## Digital products in Connecticut CT DRS Special Notice 2019(8): digital goods and electronically accessed or transferred canned or prewritten software are taxable at the standard 6.35% rate for sales on and after October 1, 2019; software sold to a business for its own use stays at the 1% computer and data processing services rate. Connecticut has a marketplace facilitator law, so sales through a marketplace that collects for you are handled by the marketplace. Registration portal: [portal.ct.gov/drs/businesses/new-business-resource-center/registering-with-drs](https://portal.ct.gov/drs/businesses/new-business-resource-center/registering-with-drs). [Alabama](/bookkeeping/sales-tax-permit-registration/alabama) · [sales tax for online sellers](/bookkeeping/sales-tax-for-online-sellers) Paperwork only: whether your sales count toward the threshold is a tax question for your preparer. State fees at cost. ## Sources - [Connecticut DRS: 2019 Regular Session state tax legislation overview](https://portal.ct.gov/drs/legislative-summaries/2019-legislative-updates/regular-session-state-tax-legislation-overview?archived=true) - [Connecticut DRS: OCG-8, Regarding Marketplace Facilitators and Marketplace Sellers](https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/drs/publications/ocg/ocg-8.pdf) - [Connecticut DRS: Sales and Use Taxes, Nexus](https://portal.ct.gov/DRS/Nexus/Sales-and-Use-Taxes---Nexus) - [CT DRS: Managing sales tax (new business portal)](https://portal.ct.gov/drs/businesses/new-business-portal/managing-sales-tax) - [CT DRS: Special Notice 2019(8), digital goods and canned software](https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/drs/publications/pubssn/2019/sn-2019(8).pdf) ## Questions **What is Connecticut's remote seller threshold?** $100,000 in sales or 200 transactions, measured over the 12-month period ending September 30. **Are digital products taxed in Connecticut?** CT DRS Special Notice 2019(8): digital goods and electronically accessed or transferred canned or prewritten software are taxable at the standard 6.35% rate for sales on and after October 1, 2019; software sold to a business for its own use stays at the 1% computer and data processing services rate. **How often are Connecticut returns filed?** New registrations file quarterly or monthly. DRS moves you to annual filing (due January 31) if liability was under $1,000 for the prior July 1 to June 30 period, and to monthly filing (due the last day of the following month) if it was over $4,000, with written notice. Quarterly returns are due April 30, July 31, October 31 and January 31. Tallyfinch ### Books you keep on your own computer Tallyfinch does invoices, bills, bank import, reconciliation and the main reports, in a file you own. $99 once, then $5 a month for updates; the app keeps working if you stop the plan. It does not do payroll or sales tax filing. The free download records up to 60 entries. [See Tallyfinch](/bookkeeping/mcc-books-downloadable-bookkeeping-software) [Download it free](/tools/pro/trial/mccBooks) [Compare the three apps](/software) ## Want us to handle it? [Register in Connecticut](/bookkeeping/sales-tax-permit-registration#request)[Call (908) 444-6373](tel:+19084446373)