Do I need a sales tax permit in New Hampshire?

Sales tax permit · New Hampshire

Does New Hampshire Require a Sales Tax Permit?

The short answer. New Hampshire has no general sales tax on goods, so there is no sales tax permit to get. The Department of Revenue Administration does not issue resale certificates, exemption certificates or tax exempt numbers. Another registration may apply: the New Hampshire meals and rentals license. Operators who serve taxable meals, rent rooms or rent motor vehicles in New Hampshire need one, with a separate license for each place of business. It is not a general retail sales permit.

Sales Tax Registration in New Hampshire at a Glance

State sales tax	None
State sales tax permit	None
Local sales taxes	Not confirmed
Registration that does apply	New Hampshire meals and rentals license

Read from the government sources listed at the foot of this page, last checked September 29, 2026. See the sources.

Selling Into Other States

A business based in New Hampshire may still have to register in the states it sells into, for example once its sales into one of them reach that state's economic nexus threshold. Every state's permit is set out in our guide, and the nexus checker compares the thresholds.

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Frequently Asked Questions

: New Hampshire has no general sales tax on goods, so there is no sales tax permit to get. The Department of Revenue Administration does not issue resale certificates, exemption certificates or tax exempt numbers. Another registration may apply: the New Hampshire meals and rentals license. Operators who serve taxable meals, rent rooms or rent motor vehicles in New Hampshire need one, with a separate license for each place of business. It is not a general retail sales permit.

This guide is general information, not legal or tax advice, and reading it does not create an attorney-client relationship. It reports what each state's law and tax agency say about the registration a business holds before it makes taxable sales, with the sources this page cites. It cannot tell you whether your own business must register: that turns on what you sell, where you sell it from, and how much you sell into the state, and fees, security rules and thresholds change between our reviews. Confirm your own position with the tax agency of each state you sell into before you start selling there.

Sources

Each entry below is a document recorded in our verified New Hampshire sources, and each entry says what the document is. Some statutory text is read from an accurate mirror rather than from the state's own host, and those say so.

revenue.nh.gov/faq/does-new-hampshire-have-sales-taxNH DRA: Does New Hampshire have a sales tax? (archived copy)
revenue.nh.gov/licenses-certifications/resale-exempt-certificatesNH DRA: Resale & Exempt Certificates (archived copy)
gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/V/78-A/78-A-4.htmRSA 78-A:4 Meals and Rentals Licenses Required; Penalty
revenue.nh.gov/licenses-certifications/tax-licenses-permitsNH DRA: Tax Licenses & Permits (archived copy)

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Edmond Hui · Founder, MyStateLLC

Edmond Hui is a software engineer and serial entrepreneur based in New York who has founded multiple online businesses across e-commerce, media, and information publishing. Before transitioning into tech, he spent years as a commercial real estate professional closing deals totaling over 100,000 square feet, giving him firsthand experience with business formation and entity structuring. He built MyStateLLC to provide the free, state-specific LLC guidance he wished existed when forming his own companies.