Pennsylvania · Sales tax registration
Pennsylvania Sales, Use, and Hotel Occupancy Retail Tax License, done for you.
Pennsylvania registers through the Pennsylvania Online Business Tax Registration in myPATH. Two things catch people: the tax reaches digital products as well as tangible goods, and if you run shows or markets there is a separate Promoter License with its own 30 day lead time.
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Who you are dealing with
Pennsylvania Department of Revenue
- Handles:
- Sales, use and hotel occupancy tax license
- System:
- myPATH
- Form:
- Pennsylvania Online Business Tax Registration through myPATH. A Promoter License, where one is needed, is obtained the same way and must be renewed annually
- Phone:
- 717-783-8434 (Customer Experience Center)
State fee. $0 to register the sales tax license. Our flat fee covers preparing and filing the registration.
Our fee. $180 per state, flat. State fees are passed through at cost.
When you have to register
The tax is imposed on the retail sale, consumption, rental or use of tangible personal property including digital products in Pennsylvania, and on certain services relating to such property. If you promote shows, you need a Promoter License and must register at least 30 days prior to the opening of the first show.
What comes next
Worth knowing now: closing later uses REV-1706 or the Cancel Account action in myPATH, the same form covers several tax types, and the Department of Revenue asks you to confirm all liabilities and filing requirements are met before cancelling.
How long it takes
Pennsylvania does not publish a turnaround for the sales tax registration that we could confirm. It does publish a lead time for promoters, which is 30 days before the first show, and that is the number to plan around if it applies to you.
What we do
We work out which accounts you need, submit each registration, and hand you the account numbers, rates, and deposit schedules your payroll system asks for. One flat price per state, and any state fee passed through at cost. You keep the client. We never email them.
What makes Pennsylvania harder than average
- Digital products are in the tax base. Pennsylvania taxes the sale, rental or use of tangible personal property including digital products, which catches businesses that think of themselves as selling only downloads or subscriptions.
- Promoters need a separate license, 30 days ahead. Anyone who rents or operates a show for the display or sale of taxable property needs a Promoter License and must register at least 30 days before the first show opens. A promoter has no filing obligation with Revenue but does have to renew the license annually.
- One cancellation form covers several tax types. REV-1706 handles sales and use, employer withholding, and others, so at the end you have to identify which account you are actually closing.
- Compliance is confirmed before cancellation, not after. The Department of Revenue asks you to check that liabilities and filing requirements are met first, which means a lapsed account has homework before it has a closure.
How Pennsylvania compares
If Pennsylvania is one of several states on the list, the order you register in changes what each one asks for.
Questions and answers
How do I register for payroll tax in Florida?
Florida employers register for reemployment tax with the Florida Department of Revenue through the Florida Business Tax Application, online at floridarevenue.com/taxes/registration. A business is generally liable once it pays at least $1,500 in wages in a calendar quarter, or has at least one employee in 20 different weeks of a calendar year.
Who has to register as an employer in Florida?
A business is liable if, in the current or preceding calendar year, it paid at least $1,500 in wages in a calendar quarter, had at least one employee in 20 different weeks, or is liable for federal unemployment tax.
Can someone file my Florida payroll tax registration for me?
Yes. Regcrest, a private filing service and not a government agency, prepares and files the registration at your direction for $180 per state.
Does Pennsylvania tax digital products?
Yes. The tax is imposed on the retail sale, consumption, rental or use of tangible personal property including digital products, and on certain services relating to such property.
Can I still register with the PA-100?
No. The Department of Revenue retired the PA-100 in November 2022: the old application stopped taking registrations after November 13, 2022, and from November 30, 2022 registration runs through the Pennsylvania Online Business Tax Registration in myPATH. Guides that still point at the PA-100 are describing a door that no longer opens.
I run markets and shows. Do I need anything extra?
Yes, a Promoter License, and you must register at least 30 days prior to the opening of the first show. A promoter has no filing obligation with the Department of Revenue, but the license has to be renewed annually.
Is there a fee to register?
No fee for the sales tax license registration itself.
How do I register?
Through the Pennsylvania Online Business Tax Registration in myPATH. The same route is used for a Promoter License.
What do you need from me to start?
The legal name and FEIN, entity type, Pennsylvania locations, what you sell including any digital products, the date taxable sales begin, and whether you promote shows or markets.
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Agency details verified 2026-08-03
About the provider
Regcrest LLC is a document preparation and filing service based in Allentown, Pennsylvania, founded in 2026. It prepares and files state payroll and sales tax registrations, account closures, and resale certificates on behalf of the businesses that instruct it, and works behind accounting firms, bookkeepers, and payroll providers as well as directly with businesses.
Regcrest LLC is not a CPA firm and not a law firm. It gives no tax or legal advice. It files in all 50 states, and publishes a full page for the 29states it has verified against the agency's own material so far, each one showing the date it was checked. For anything that turns on your specific situation, ask a licensed accountant or attorney.