What is sales and use tax compliance software?
Sales and use tax compliance software connects sales-side calculation and filing, purchasing-side use tax review, exemption certificate evidence, and filing-ready period-close workflows in one platform. Prophit.ai is modular so teams can start with the workflows they need and expand as complexity grows.
When should I review use tax, filing, or API pages instead of this overview?
Use the use tax software page when purchasing-side review, vendor-charged tax, or accrual exposure is the primary question. Use the sales tax filing software page when period-close filing support, collected tax reconciliation, and filing-ready outputs are the focus. Use the sales tax API page when real-time calculation inside checkout, billing, or ERP systems is the priority. This page is the category overview that connects those workflows.
Why connect sales tax, use tax, exemption certificates, and API calculation?
Indirect tax work rarely stays in one lane. Exemption status affects sales and purchasing decisions, use tax exposure shows up in AP review, filing workflows need the same evidence, and API calculation should connect to review and filing-ready outputs instead of living in a separate silo.
What is sales tax software?
Sales tax software helps a business turn sales activity into return-ready numbers, filing support, workpapers, and records. The best fit depends on the complexity of the business, not only its size.
Do I need sales tax software if I only sell in one state?
Possibly. Sales tax problems can happen entirely inside a home state if a seller registers or collects tax but does not complete the filing and remittance workflow.
Is sales tax software only for ecommerce?
No. Ecommerce can create sales tax complexity, but physical locations, services, invoices, exempt customers, purchases, and multi-location operations can also create sales and use tax work.
What is the difference between sales tax and use tax?
Sales tax is generally charged to customers on taxable sales. Use tax is generally self-assessed when tax was not collected, or when a purchase needs review. Prophit.ai treats sales tax and use tax as connected parts of the same compliance picture.
Can sales tax software file returns?
Prophit.ai prepares returns, workpapers, portal-upload files, and supported e-file handoffs for your reviewer. Your organization submits the return and remits the tax. Prophit.ai does not file, transmit a return, move money, or represent you before a taxing authority.
Does Prophit.ai monitor economic nexus?
Yes. Nexus Monitoring compares state-by-state sales and transaction counts with effective-dated thresholds for the current and prior calendar year, distinguishes physical from economic nexus, and surfaces approaching, met, below-threshold, and needs-review states. The dashboard records the data-through date so missing or stale activity is not presented as zero.
How does Prophit.ai handle marketplace facilitator sales?
Marketplace responsibility is carried as an explicit, effective-dated fact. Seller, facilitator, merchant-of-record, collection, remittance, and reporting roles remain reviewable by channel and jurisdiction; unknown or contradictory responsibility fails closed instead of being inferred from a marketplace name.
Can Prophit.ai help manage taxing-authority notices?
Yes. Tax Notices accepts supported uploads and forwarded .eml files, records OCR and classification status, separates overdue, due-soon, and due-date-unavailable items, and prepares a response worksheet. Your team reviews and sends any response; Prophit.ai does not contact the authority or represent you.
Does Prophit.ai support VAT or non-US indirect tax?
No. Prophit.ai is deliberately focused on US sales and use tax, including state and local jurisdictions, marketplace-facilitator rules, exemption evidence, nexus monitoring, and filing-ready workflows. It is not positioned as a global VAT, GST, or e-invoicing platform.
Does Prophit.ai replace my accountant?
No. Prophit.ai is designed to support owners, accountants, finance teams, and tax professionals with data, calculation, review, returns, and evidence. Software should augment tax judgment, not replace it.
What does AI do in sales tax software?
AI is not the goal. Accurate, timely filing is the goal. AI-assisted workflows can help normalize data, extract tax facts, classify transactions, explain variances, and present reviewable recommendations.
Which plan fits my business?
Starter is usually the fit for individuals and small sellers. Professional fits growing teams with more users, locations, and workflows. Enterprise fits complex tax operations that need configured workflows, controls, and support.