Paying sales tax when dropshipping on a Shopify store

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Does a seller need to pay sales tax when dropshipping?

Beverly Stone

Saturday, June 06, 2020

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The seller only needs to collect and pay sales tax on orders made in states that he has nexus in (for most people this will only apply to the state that they live in).

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