Selling into the United States from Metro Vancouver is common—and risky if you guess your obligations. Registration typically turns on three triggers: economic nexus (sales/transaction thresholds), physical nexus (FBA inventory, staff or a warehouse in‑state) and marketplace facilitator rules. Getting this wrong can mean notices, penalties and messy back‑filings.
Our approach for Vancouver, Burnaby, Surrey and Richmond founders is deliberately boring: plan first, then file when engaged. We assess nexus using actuals and a 12‑month look‑forward, configure Shopify tax settings correctly, and map all taxes to liability accounts via A2X → QBO/Xero so deposits still tie to the bank at $0 variance. Only after the workflow is clean do we proceed to registrations and filings—when engaged—so compliance doesn’t contaminate bookkeeping.
What you get monthly: in your Day‑15 Close Pack we document GST/HST recovery opportunities and summarize US obligations with next actions and dates. Because we’re A2X‑first and keep replies <24 hours, you stay ahead of deadlines without wondering where a number came from.
If you’ve received a state notice—or want to avoid one—book the Free E‑commerce Diagnostic. We’ll produce a state‑by‑state snapshot and a practical CA↔US plan you can run this quarter.
