Pricing
Every filing here is $180 per state.
That covers the agencies that state uses, withholding and unemployment where payroll needs both, however many accounts it takes. State fees are passed through at cost and shown as their own line. Several states on one job cost less per state, and the order page applies the cheapest combination for your list.
Payroll tax registration: $180 per state.
Sales tax registration: $180 per state.
Payroll tax account closure: $180 per state.
Sales tax account closure: $180 per state.
Resale certificate: $180 per state.
State agency fees are separate and passed through at cost. Multi-state orders are quoted as one flat total.
What “flat” means here
- One flat fee per filing. Preparation, filing, tracking, and delivery included.
- No pre-checked add-ons at checkout. No processing tiers. No "premium" queue.
- Nothing recurs. A filing is a filing, not the start of a subscription.
- State filing fees are set by the states, not by us. We pass them through at cost.
What the states charge
State fees are separate from our fee, passed through at cost, and shown as their own line before you pay. They are also smaller than most people expect, and in one direction they are consistently zero.
- Closing an account is free in every state we have documented. Not one of the states on this site charges to close a payroll or sales tax account. What can cost money at closing is tax, not fees: use tax on inventory you kept, or a balance the closure does not erase.
- Most registrations are free too. The common exception is a business license fee, as in Washington, where the license and the employer accounts come from one application.
- A security deposit is not a fee. California may hold one against a seller's permit, and it comes back when the permit is properly closed out. Texas may ask for a bond. Those are amounts held, not amounts spent.
What the per-state price does not settle
The number of accounts behind one state is our problem, not yours. California payroll is a single account at a single agency. Colorado is three, counting the FAMLI paid leave program. Washington is three agencies. Pennsylvania is two, plus a local Earned Income Tax and Local Services Tax layer the state registration does not touch. All of those are one state, so all of those cost the same.
Several states on one job are priced as one project, and the bundles below are the current sizes. You do not have to work out which combination is cheapest. The order page does that, and we confirm the total in writing before anything starts.
You will also hear from us when the answer is that you do not need us. Some multi-state sales tax registrations are better done through the free Streamlined system, and where that is true we say so and price only the rest.
Multi-state packages
Several states on one job are priced as one project. These are the current bundles. Anything past a bundle is billed at the standard $180 per state, and the order page applies whichever combination is cheapest for your list.
| Package | Total | Per state | You save |
|---|---|---|---|
| Payroll tax registration, 6 states | $960 | $160 | $120 |
| Payroll tax registration, 12 states | $1,720 | $143.33 | $440 |
| Sales tax registration, 5 states | $800 | $160 | $100 |
| Sales tax registration, 10 states | $1,440 | $144 | $360 |
| Payroll tax account closure, 6 states | $960 | $160 | $120 |
| Payroll tax account closure, 12 states | $1,720 | $143.33 | $440 |
| Sales tax account closure, 5 states | $800 | $160 | $100 |
| Sales tax account closure, 10 states | $1,440 | $144 | $360 |
State filing fees are separate and passed through at cost.
For accountants, bookkeepers, payroll providers, and other professionals
You keep the client. We never email them. We open and close the state tax accounts under your letterhead, then send you the account numbers and the details to enter so payroll software can be pointed at the new accounts. If you refer clients or want filings fulfilled under your own engagement, we offer partner arrangements with professional pricing. Contact us and tell us about your practice.