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Glossary

Nexus

The connection to a jurisdiction that creates an obligation to register for and collect its tax.

Tax term

Economic nexus is usually a running total of sales or transactions, which means it is crossed before anyone notices. Physical nexus follows from presence — an office, stock, staff.

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