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Online store · 14 min

Sales tax, returns and the rules of selling online

Your shirts ship to every state. Each one has its own tax rules, and the law has a few about what you promise, too.

EACH SALENEW ORDER
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How many orders before a state's line?

South Dakota makes an out-of-state shop collect its sales tax once the shop sells $100,000sd.gov ·2026 into the state in a year. At $40example (example number: Simplified example: the first online store lesson's example order: one shirt plus the shipping the customer pays.) an order, how many orders is that?

500
05,000
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  • Sales & Use Tax: remote sellers (gross revenue from sales into South Dakota over $100,000) · South Dakota Department of Revenue, 2026
  • 2023 Legislative Updates: the 200-transaction remote seller threshold removed July 1, 2023 · South Dakota Department of Revenue, 2023
  • How US State Sales Tax and Fees Applies to Etsy Orders · Etsy Help Center, 2026

Every number

  • $40example (example number: Simplified example: the first online store lesson's example order: one shirt plus the shipping the customer pays.) · Simplified example: the first online store lesson's example order: one shirt plus the shipping the customer pays.
  • 1,200example (example number: Simplified example: a year of the example shop's orders, from the whole country.) · Simplified example: a year of the example shop's orders, from the whole country.
  • $100,000sd.gov ·2026 · Gross revenue from sales into South Dakota, previous or current calendar year, above which an out-of-state seller must register and collect, at the time of writing.
  • 200sd.gov ·2023 · The number of transactions that used to count too; South Dakota dropped that test in mid-2023.
  • 2,500example (example number: Simplified example: South Dakota's line divided by the example order.) · Simplified example: South Dakota's line divided by the example order.
  • 46etsy.com ·2026 · US states where Etsy collects and sends in sales tax on Etsy orders (every state with a statewide sales tax, plus Alaska); it also collects for Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico.
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Online store · 14 min

Sales tax, returns and the rules of selling online

Your shirts ship to every state. Each one has its own tax rules, and the law has a few about what you promise, too.

EACH SALENEW ORDER
Ticket 01 · The guess

How many orders before a state's line?

South Dakota makes an out-of-state shop collect its sales tax once the shop sells $100,000sd.gov ·2026 into the state in a year. At $40example (example number: Simplified example: the first online store lesson's example order: one shirt plus the shipping the customer pays.) an order, how many orders is that?

500
05,000
Words to know

Spot something wrong?

Tell us what looks off. No name or email needed.

What kind of problem?

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We'll also send this page, the lesson, ticket 1, so we can find it. Nothing else. Privacy

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Sources and every number (3)

Sources

  • Sales & Use Tax: remote sellers (gross revenue from sales into South Dakota over $100,000) · South Dakota Department of Revenue, 2026
  • 2023 Legislative Updates: the 200-transaction remote seller threshold removed July 1, 2023 · South Dakota Department of Revenue, 2023
  • How US State Sales Tax and Fees Applies to Etsy Orders · Etsy Help Center, 2026

Every number

  • $40example (example number: Simplified example: the first online store lesson's example order: one shirt plus the shipping the customer pays.) · Simplified example: the first online store lesson's example order: one shirt plus the shipping the customer pays.
  • 1,200example (example number: Simplified example: a year of the example shop's orders, from the whole country.) · Simplified example: a year of the example shop's orders, from the whole country.
  • $100,000sd.gov ·2026 · Gross revenue from sales into South Dakota, previous or current calendar year, above which an out-of-state seller must register and collect, at the time of writing.
  • 200sd.gov ·2023 · The number of transactions that used to count too; South Dakota dropped that test in mid-2023.
  • 2,500example (example number: Simplified example: South Dakota's line divided by the example order.) · Simplified example: South Dakota's line divided by the example order.
  • 46etsy.com ·2026 · US states where Etsy collects and sends in sales tax on Etsy orders (every state with a statewide sales tax, plus Alaska); it also collects for Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico.
  1. Lessons›
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  • ·Before this: Inventory: cash sitting on shelves
  • ·Next: Living on someone else's platform
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