Corporate Excise Tax | Mass.gov

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Corporate excise can apply to both domestic and foreign corporations. Learn if your corporation has nexus in Massachusetts and how to calculate corporate excise tax. Other helpful pages include information on exemptions, filing methods and making estimated payments.

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Corporate Excise Tax

Top tasks for Corporate Excise Tax

Visit the Secretary of the Commonwealth's Corporations Division

Register your business with MassTaxConnect

All other tasks for Corporate Excise Tax

Apply for an Employer Identification Number (EIN)

Request a Certificate of Good Standing-Tax Compliance or a Corporate Tax Lien Waver

Submit annual certification of entity tax status

Corporate Excise tax forms and instructions

Determining nexus for Massachusetts Corporate Excise tax purposes

How Corporate Excise tax is calculated

Corporate Excise exemptions

Corporate Excise filing requirements and methods

Corporate Excise estimated payments

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