Nevada — Sales & Use Tax

Nevada imposes sales tax on retailers for the privilege of selling tangible personal property at retail in the state, measured by the retailer's gross receipts from such sales. Source: NRS 372.105

"Tangible personal property" means personal property that may be seen, weighed, measured, felt, or touched, or that is in any other manner perceptible to the senses. Source: NRS 372.085

The retailer must collect the tax from the consumer insofar as it can be done. Source: NRS 372.110

## State and local rates

Nevada's sales tax structure is layered. NRS 372.105 sets the original statutory rate at 2 percent; however, the effective state base rate is 4.6 percent, with a mandatory minimum county tax of 2.25 percent, resulting in a minimum combined rate of 6.85 percent statewide. Combined state and local rates can reach as high as 8.375 percent in certain jurisdictions such as Las Vegas and Henderson. Source: NRS 372.105

Nevada is a destination-based sales tax state, which means the applicable rate is determined by the location where the buyer receives the product, not the retailer's business location. Source: Nevada Department of Taxation, Sales & Use Tax General Information

## Use tax

Nevada also imposes a complementary use tax on the storage, use, or other consumption of tangible personal property in the state when sales tax has not been paid. Use tax is measured by the sales price of the property. Source: Nevada Department of Taxation, Sales & Use Tax General Information

If a purchaser paid sales tax to another state at a lower rate, the purchaser owes the difference to Nevada. Source: NAC 372.055

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Nevada requires remote sellers without physical presence to register and collect sales tax when gross revenue from sales delivered into Nevada exceeds $100,000 or when the seller completes 200 or more separate retail transactions for delivery into Nevada, measured in either the previous or current calendar year. Once either threshold is met, registration is required by the first day of the calendar month that begins at least 30 days after the threshold is exceeded. The Department of Taxation states that a remote seller's combined sales through all sources—including both direct retail sales and marketplace sales—are used to determine if the threshold is met.

Source: NRS 372.751; Nevada Department of Taxation, Marketplace Facilitator-Seller FAQs

Nevada requires marketplace facilitators to collect and remit sales and use tax when cumulative gross receipts from retail sales made or facilitated on their own behalf or for marketplace sellers exceed $100,000 or when they make or facilitate 200 or more separate retail transactions to Nevada customers, measured in either the current or preceding calendar year. The duty applies to all sales the facilitator makes or facilitates through its marketplace, including sales by third-party sellers. An exception exists if the marketplace facilitator and seller enter a written agreement under which the seller assumes collection responsibility and the seller has obtained a Nevada sales tax permit or registered with the Department. This marketplace facilitator regime became effective October 1, 2019.

Source: NRS 372.751; Nevada Department of Taxation, Marketplace Facilitator-Seller FAQs

Nevada exempts from sales tax tangible personal property purchased for resale when the seller accepts a valid resale certificate from a qualified purchaser. To qualify, the purchaser must be engaged in the business of selling tangible personal property, be registered with the Department of Taxation or hold a sales tax permit, and intend to resell the property in the regular course of business. The certificate relieves the seller of the burden of proving the sale was for resale.

A resale certificate must identify the purchaser's permit number, state the nature of the purchaser's business, and describe the property to be purchased. The certificate need not be in a specific format but must be taken in good faith. Blanket certificates covering multiple future transactions are permitted if they contain a general description of the property to be purchased. Sales are presumed taxable unless the seller obtains and retains a valid resale certificate.

Source: NRS 372.225; NRS 372.235; NAC 372.730

Nevada requires sales and use tax returns and payment by the 20th day of the month following the reporting period, effective with the January 2026 reporting period (due February 20, 2026). The Nevada Department of Taxation's official Sales & Use Tax General Information publication states: "Sales and Use Tax returns are now due on the 20th of the month." This changed from the prior requirement that returns be filed by the last day of the following month. If the 20th falls on a weekend or state holiday, the return is due the next business day.

## Statutory framework

NRS 372.360 requires that "on or before [the due date] following each reporting period, a return for the preceding period must be filed with the Department in such form and manner as the Department may prescribe." The statute grants the Department authority to set the specific due-date rule. NRS 372.380 separately governs "reporting and payment periods" and authorizes the Department to establish the frequency at which different taxpayers must file.

Any sales-tax return required under NRS 372.360 must be combined with any use-tax return required under NRS Chapter 374 (the local school support tax, Nevada's companion use tax).

## Filing frequency assignment

The Department assigns each permit holder a filing frequency—monthly, quarterly, or annual—based on the business's sales volume or estimated tax liability. Industry sources report common thresholds: monthly filing for businesses with average taxable sales exceeding $10,000 per month, quarterly filing for those at or below that threshold, and annual filing when total annual taxable sales do not exceed $1,500. However, the specific dollar thresholds and assignment criteria that the Department currently applies are not stated in NRS 372 or in the General Information publication cited above.

Unable to confirm the exact sales-volume thresholds and assignment policy as of 2026-05-28.

The assigned filing frequency appears on the seller's permit document and in the taxpayer's My Nevada Tax account.

## Zero returns mandatory

Nevada practice requires a return for every assigned reporting period, even when the business made no taxable sales during the period. The Department's General Information publication states that "returns must be filed for each period even though no taxable sales or taxable purchases were made during such period." Failure to file a zero return is treated as a missed filing and may result in penalties and interest.

## Collection allowance

NRS 372.370 provides: "In the sale of stamps to a licensed seller, the Department and its agents shall allow the purchaser a discount … against the amount of sales tax otherwise due for the services rendered in affixing stamps and for keeping records and accounting for and remitting the tax." Industry and administrative sources report that the current discount is 0.25 percent (0.0025) of the sales tax due, applied only when the return and payment are submitted on or before the due date, and that the allowance applies to sales tax but not to use tax reported on the same return. The exact percentage and its conditions of application do not appear in NRS 372.370 itself.

Unable to confirm the specific 0.25% rate and the sales-tax-only restriction from primary statute or regulation as of 2026-05-28; these details are widely reported in Department practice and third-party sources.

## Change in due date

The move from last-day-of-month to the 20th day became effective for the January 2026 reporting period. Multiple industry sources attribute the change to Assembly Bill 594, signed into law in June 2025, though the Department did not announce the new deadline publicly until January 2026. The bill text and implementing regulation are not included in the sources cited here.

Source: NRS 372.360; NRS 372.370; NRS 372.380; Nevada Department of Taxation, Sales & Use Tax General Information

Nevada's sales and use tax applies to sales of tangible personal property, not to sales of services standing alone. NRS 372.105 imposes the tax "upon all retailers … from the sale of all tangible personal property sold at retail in this State." NRS 372.085 defines "tangible personal property" as "personal property which may be seen, weighed, measured, felt or touched, or which is in any other manner perceptible to the senses." Pure service transactions—those that do not involve a transfer of tangible personal property to the customer—are outside the tax base.

This tangible-personal-property limitation means that most professional and personal services are not taxable in Nevada. Examples of nontaxable services include legal services, accounting, consulting, medical services, veterinary services (unless tangible property is separately sold), and most repair labor when separately stated.

## Services that involve transfers of tangible personal property

When a service provider transfers tangible personal property to a customer as part of the transaction, the sale may become taxable. The treatment depends on whether the tangible-property component or the service component predominates, and on whether Nevada has adopted a specific rule for the industry.

Photography services. NRS 372.729 and NAC 372.330 establish a bifurcated rule for photographers. The services performed by a photographer in creating a visual image—consultation, visualization, set-up, exposure, processing, the initial rendering of a visual image, and the original proofs furnished to a customer—are exempt from taxation as professional services. However, a photographer who sells tangible personal property to a customer, such as contact sheets, duplicates, or enlargements, is treated as a retailer with respect to those sales, and the gross receipts from those sales are taxable.

Broadcasting. NRS 372.734 and NAC 372.216 (section 2) provide that "the gross receipts of a broadcaster from the furnishing of broadcasting services are not subject to the sales tax, including, without limitation, the gross receipts from the sale of airtime and any charge for transmission of the signal."

Construction contractors. NAC 372.200 treats construction contractors as the consumers of all tangible personal property purchased for use in improving real property under a construction contract. The contractor pays sales or use tax on purchases of materials and supplies. The contractor's charges to the customer for the improvement to real property—whether broken down as materials, labor, or a lump sum—are not retail sales subject to sales tax, because the transaction is an improvement to real property, not a sale of tangible personal property.

## Fabrication labor vs. repair and installation labor

Nevada distinguishes between fabrication labor and repair, reconditioning, or installation labor. Fabrication labor—labor to produce, fabricate, or process tangible personal property that will be sold at retail—is always subject to sales tax when the property is sold. In contrast, repair, reconditioning, and installation labor charges are not subject to tax if separately stated on the invoice. NAC 372.380, NAC 372.390–372.400, and NRS 372.025 govern this distinction. When repair or installation labor is bundled with the charge for parts and not separately stated, the entire charge is taxable.

## Electronically delivered products

Nevada does not impose sales or use tax on products delivered electronically or by "load and leave" (delivery using tangible storage media that is not physically transferred to the purchaser). However, software or other products transferred via a disk or other tangible media that is delivered to the customer are taxable as sales of tangible personal property. The Nevada Department of Taxation FAQ states: "Products delivered electronically or by load and leave are not subject to Nevada Sales or Use Tax. However, products ordered via the internet and shipped into Nevada are taxable, as well as any software transferred via a disk or other tangible media."

## Service providers' use-tax liability

Even when a service provider's charges to customers are not subject to sales tax, the provider may owe use tax on materials and equipment purchased without paying sales tax and then consumed in providing the service. For example, a landscaper who buys plants and tools tax-free and uses them in providing nontaxable landscaping services owes use tax on those purchases.

Source: NRS 372.105; NRS 372.085; NRS 372.729; NAC 372.330; NRS 372.734; NAC 372.200; Nevada Department of Taxation Sales Tax FAQs