What counts as physical nexus if I don’t have an office?

Inventory held in a state (including through a marketplace or 3PL) or an employee working remotely there can create physical nexus, even with no office or warehouse of your own.

How is this different from tracking nexus myself in a spreadsheet?

Kintsugi checks every transaction against each jurisdiction’s specific revenue, transaction-count, and measurement-window rules continuously, and lets you know as you approach a threshold, instead of a manual, point-in-time check.

Does this cover VAT and GST too, or just US sales tax?

Both. Kintsugi tracks VAT and GST registration thresholds and distance-selling rules across the 100+ countries it covers, in addition to US economic and physical nexus.

What happens when I cross a threshold?

You’re alerted, and Kintsugi is available to help you move into the next stage of the lifecycle. Kintsugi can register you and tell you exactly what’s needed from your side.

Does exposure monitoring include use tax?

Use tax exposure is the liability created when you buy from an out-of-state or under-taxed vendor. Import your purchases and Kintsugi calculates what you owe on each one, net of any tax the vendor already charged, and shows use tax exposure as its own tax type next to sales tax.

See your sales tax exposure before it becomes a liability

Q: Is exposure monitoring really free, or is it a trial?

It’s free for the life of your account. Global exposure monitoring (physical and economic nexus) is included on every plan with no credit card required.

Kintsugi continuously tracks where you owe sales tax, VAT, and GST across every jurisdiction you sell into or operate in, and tells you when it’s time to register, collect, and file, for free.

Monitor 100+ countries. No credit card required.

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Monitor Everywhere

Exposure monitoring is free for as long as you use Kintsugi

Global exposure monitoring (physical and economic nexus) is included for all customers.

Exposure and historical liability auditing
Nexus threshold alerts
Kintsugi Intelligence product classification, address validation, and enrichment
Kin, an in-app AI assistant
No-code integrations

Economic nexus

Revenue and transaction thresholds, tracked per jurisdiction

Every state and country sets its own economic nexus rules: a revenue threshold, in some jurisdictions a transaction-count threshold too, and its own measurement window. Kintsugi tracks your sales against every jurisdiction’s specific rules as transactions come in, so you always know exactly how close you are, not just whether you’ve crossed a line somewhere.

Exposure by jurisdiction · Illustrative

Texas88%Approaching
California104%Exposed
Ohio100%Registered
Georgia41%Watching

Physical nexus

Presence counts too, and it’s easy to miss

Physical nexus comes from a warehouse, an office, inventory held in a state (including through a marketplace or 3PL), or even an employee working remotely there. Kintsugi can pick up these changes through your HR and payroll integration automatically, so a new remote hire in a new location doesn’t slip through unnoticed.

Physical nexus detail · Illustrative

New remote hire detected

Via HR/payroll integration

Nexus created

Trigger source: Remote employee
State: Colorado
Detected: 12 Sep 2026

Global exposure

The same discipline outside the US

Selling internationally has its own thresholds: VAT and GST registration thresholds in the 100+ countries Kintsugi covers, distance-selling rules that catch US-based sellers going global before they realise they need to register anywhere, and the different thresholds that apply once you have a physical presence in a country. Kintsugi tracks sales volume and transaction counts against jurisdiction thresholds in the right currency, wherever you sell.

Global Coverage

Exposure Alerts

Know before you cross, not after

Kintsugi monitors every connected jurisdiction continuously and lets you know as you approach a threshold, so registering is a decision you make ahead of time rather than a scramble after the fact.

Threshold alerts · Illustrative

Texas is at 88% of its economic nexus threshold
$440,000 of a $500,000 revenue threshold
California is exposed
104% of its economic nexus threshold

How Kintsugi Intelligence helps you know your exposure

Automated and auditable

Kintsugi Intelligence, the platform’s underlying engine working continuously in the background, is what runs exposure monitoring: rolling up transactions, checking them against jurisdiction rules, and flagging what changed. Every determination is sourced and auditable, with a traceable answer ready for any jurisdiction or auditor that asks how Kintsugi got a number.

AI in Kintsugi

Use tax exposure
The buy-side exposure that’s easy to miss
Kintsugi also tracks use tax exposure (the liability created when you buy from an out-of-state or under-taxed vendor) as its own tax type view alongside sales tax exposure.
Use Tax
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When you cross a threshold
Crossing a threshold doesn’t mean scrambling to figure out what to do. It means moving to the next stage: Kintsugi can file the registration for you and tells you exactly what’s needed from your side.
Registrations

Free global monitoring. See where you stand before you register anywhere.

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