Multi-State Business Tax Compliance
Identify your state filing obligations and prepare the agreed business tax returns.
Online service across all 50 states
What this service is
Once a business has employees, property, or significant sales in more than one state, it may owe income or franchise tax in each of those states, and each state uses its own rules to decide how much of your profit it can tax. We determine where you have filing obligations (nexus), calculate how income is apportioned among those states, register you in the right order, prepare the state returns every year, and evaluate pass-through entity tax elections that can reduce owners' federal tax.
Forms & documents involved
What we actually do
Run a nexus study
Map where you have employees, property, sales, and remote workers, and compare that activity with each state's filing thresholds.
Calculate apportionment
Apply each state's sales-factor or multi-factor formula to determine the share of income each state can tax.
Sequence registrations
Register in new states and, where past-due exposure exists, evaluate voluntary disclosure agreements to limit penalties.
Prepare state income and franchise returns
File corporate, partnership, composite, and nonresident withholding returns in every required state.
Evaluate PTET elections
Model whether electing a state pass-through entity tax reduces owners' combined federal and state tax.
Track local taxes
Cover city and local business taxes where they apply, such as the New York City UBT and general corporation tax.
Prices by scope
Compare the work included at each price. Your final scope and fee are confirmed in writing before work begins.
Income tax nexus review across your current states of activity.
- Up to 5 statesIncome tax nexus review, one entity$720
- 6–15 statesIncludes apportionment review$1,280
- 16+ statesOr multiple entities and remote workforceFrom $2,180
Plus state filing fees, billed at cost.
- StandardOnline registration, one tax type$180 per state
- Multiple tax typesIncome, withholding and unemployment accounts$320 per state
Added to your base business return.
- SimpleAllocation only, small share of income$160 per state
- ApportionedFull apportionment factors or composite return$290 per state
Evaluation and election filing where available.
- One-owner entityElection, estimates and annual filing$320 per state
- Multi-ownerOwner opt-ins and credit allocation$560 per state
For states where a filing gap already exists.
- Up to 3 yearsExposure under $25K$620 per state
- 4+ yearsLarger exposure or multiple tax types$1,180 per state
What You Get
Nexus Study
A review of your revenue, employees, and physical presence against each state's specific income tax nexus rules.
Apportionment Analysis
Calculating how much of your income each state can tax under its specific apportionment formula (sales, payroll, and property factors).
State Registration Sequencing
Registering in newly identified states in the right order, including voluntary disclosure where it reduces exposure on prior years.
Multi-State Return Preparation
Ongoing preparation of state income tax returns once registration and apportionment are established.
Pass-Through Entity Tax (PTET) Elections
Evaluating and filing state pass-through entity tax elections where they provide a federal deduction workaround for owners.
- Nexus determination summary by state
- Apportionment calculation methodology and results
- State registration and filing calendar
- PTET election recommendation where applicable
When this service may fit
- You have employees, contractors, or a physical presence in more than one state
- Revenue in a state you don't operate from has grown meaningfully
- You are not sure whether your current state filings reflect your actual footprint
- A state has contacted you about an unfiled return or unregistered presence
Need help getting your books ready for tax season?
A return is only as good as the books behind it. Add bookkeeping and we prepare the return from reconciled numbers.
How It Works
Footprint review: revenue, employees, and physical presence by state
Build a jurisdiction map using business locations, employees, inventory, services, and customer sales.
Nexus determination and apportionment modeling
Compare activities with applicable registration and filing requirements, distinguishing income, payroll, and sales tax issues.
Registration sequencing, prioritizing highest-exposure states first
Prepare the agreed filings and supporting allocation or apportionment schedules, coordinating unresolved historical exposure.
Ongoing multi-state filing execution
Create a jurisdiction calendar and review new hiring, locations, or channels before the filing map changes again.
Your Role
Provide sales by destination, employee work locations, registrations, and prior state filings. Tell us when operations expand or a remote employee moves.
Service Scope
Each tax type and state may require separate analysis. Historical exposure, voluntary disclosures, local taxes, and legal registration work are scoped explicitly.
Start Multi-State Business Tax Compliance online
Choose the closest scope and send your request online. We’ll confirm the final work and fee in writing before anything begins.
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