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What is Nexus? What does it mean for tax purposes?
Facts:
There are two very different things called Nexus when we talk about cross border trade:
Nexus for tax refers to whether your business has a responsibility and liability for income and/or sales taxes in a particular state, province or country. The word Nexus is usually used by tax practitioners when talking about United States of America (USA) income or sales taxes but it does apply in a general concept all around the world. There is a famous court case that USA practitioners refer to that discusses Nexus and physical presence in a state. This court defined threshold is increasingly being replaced by lawmakers writing specific definitions into their commerce laws. For example in Washington State: A non-resident individual or a business entity that is organized or commercially domiciled outside this state, and in the immediately preceding tax year the person had:
The Washington State definition does not require physical presence. Having enough sales volume can trigger Nexus and thus Washington State tax. The point is that each state/province/country can have its own definition and thus definitions can be different. This makes learning the rules in every jurisdiction you do business in or with important because things like a sales volume threshold can be crossed without you having a physical presence.
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