New Hampshire vs Vermont Sales Tax Nexus — Comparison 2026

For low-revenue sellers: nexus triggers first in Vermont because of its $100,000 threshold. If you cross that first, you register there first.

On rate: New Hampshire is friendlier for customers with a combined state + local rate of 0.00% vs 6.36%.

Vermont also adds a 200-transaction trigger that New Hampshire doesn't have.

New Hampshire sales tax nexus and economic nexus threshold: New Hampshire does not impose a statewide or local general sales tax, so remote sellers do not have a sales-tax economic nexus dollar threshold, transaction-count test, or general marketplace-facilitator collection threshold for retail goods shipped to New Hampshire customers. New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration materials instead list targeted state-administered taxes such as Business Profits Tax, Business Enterprise Tax, Communications Services Tax, Meals and Rooms (Rentals) Tax, tobacco tax, real estate transfer tax, and property-related taxes. The Meals and Rooms tax is a separate 8.5% tax on restaurant meals, lodging, and motor vehicle rentals, not a general retail sales tax. Sellers with New Hampshire business activity or taxable meals, lodging, rental, communications, tobacco, or other special-tax activity should verify those separate registration duties with DRA.

Vermont sales tax nexus and economic nexus threshold: remote sellers must register, collect, and remit Vermont sales tax when Vermont-destination sales reach $100,000 or 200 individual sales transactions during the preceding twelve-month period. The remote-seller rule took effect July 1, 2018 after South Dakota v. Wayfair. Vermont counts taxable and nontaxable sales toward the threshold unless all the seller's Vermont sales are exempt; sellers review the threshold at each calendar-quarter close and generally begin collecting by the first day of the following month after the 30-day analysis window. Marketplace sellers combine direct Vermont sales with marketplace sales when testing the threshold, but do not collect on marketplace transactions where the marketplace is already collecting Vermont sales tax on their behalf. Vermont imposes a 6% state sales tax on retail sales, uses destination-based sourcing, and some municipalities add a 1% local option tax on taxable destination sales. Internet purchases, digital downloads, and prewritten software are listed by the Department as taxable categories unless an exemption applies.

Use the nexus calculator to check exactly which of New Hampshire and Vermont you've already triggered. Then read each state's full guide: