Home state

The state your business is based in. Drives your default sales-tax rate and which state forms the tax calendar shows.

In Solo Superstars

Set in the tax profile. The home state is automatically a nexus state.

Example

Home state CA: California sales-tax rates apply to CA customers by default; the calendar shows CA estimated-payment dates.

Codes shown are the defaults a new workspace starts with. Yours may be renamed or renumbered — check Accounting › Chart of accounts. See the full default chart.

Also called

  • business state

Related

  • Tax profile — Your entity type, accounting method, home state, fiscal year and nexus states. Most tax behavior in the app keys off it.
  • Sales tax nexus — A state where you have enough presence or sales that you must collect its sales tax. Set your nexus states and rates apply automatically.
  • Tax calendar — The upcoming filing and payment dates that apply to you: estimated taxes, sales tax returns, 1099 deadline.

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