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title: "Massachusetts Sales Tax Permit Registration Service | MCC"
description: "Massachusetts's remote seller threshold is $100,000 in sales, measured over the prior or current calendar year."
url: "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/bookkeeping/sales-tax-permit-registration/massachusetts"
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Sales tax permit · Massachusetts

# Registering for a Massachusetts sales tax permit

Massachusetts's state sales tax rate is 6.25% and its remote seller threshold is $100,000 in sales, measured over the prior or current calendar year. If your business has crossed it and needs a permit, we prepare and submit the Massachusetts registration through www.mass.gov/info-details/remote-seller-and-marketplace-facilitator-faqs for $99, plus any state fee at cost.

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**Price**$99 per state, plus any state registration fee at cost

**Where we cover**Massachusetts registrations, done online from New Jersey

## Digital products in Massachusetts

Standardized (prewritten) software is taxable however delivered; music, video and reading material delivered electronically are not.

## What Massachusetts says about remote sellers

Massachusetts sales over $100,000 in a calendar year, regardless of the number of transactions. Only a marketplace seller's direct Massachusetts sales count.

## What filing looks like afterward

Annual if $100 or less of tax a year; quarterly for $101 to $1,200; monthly for $1,201 or more.

Massachusetts has a marketplace facilitator law, so sales through a marketplace that collects for you are handled by the marketplace.

Registration portal: [www.mass.gov/info-details/remote-seller-and-marketplace-facilitator-faqs](https://www.mass.gov/info-details/remote-seller-and-marketplace-facilitator-faqs). [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

- [Mass. DOR: Remote Seller and Marketplace Facilitator FAQs](https://www.mass.gov/info-details/remote-seller-and-marketplace-facilitator-faqs)
- [Mass. DOR: Sales and Use Tax guide](https://www.mass.gov/guides/sales-and-use-tax)

## Questions

**What is Massachusetts's remote seller threshold?**

$100,000 in sales, measured over the prior or current calendar year. The state's test has no transaction count.

**Are digital products taxed in Massachusetts?**

Standardized (prewritten) software is taxable however delivered; music, video and reading material delivered electronically are not.

**How often are Massachusetts returns filed?**

Annual if $100 or less of tax a year; quarterly for $101 to $1,200; monthly for $1,201 or more.

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## Want us to handle it?

[Register in Massachusetts](/bookkeeping/sales-tax-permit-registration#request)[Call (908) 444-6373](tel:+19084446373)