Set up filing for Maine

Provide your Maine tax account information to set up automated filing.

The date your sales tax registration started with the state.
To find it on the Maine Tax Portal website, scroll down to the Businesses tile and click Sales and Service Provider Tax Resale and Exemption Lookup. Select Retailer Certificate as the certificate type and enter your state tax ID in the Account ID field to search for your business, then locate your Begin Date.

Enter the 8-digit sales and use tax account number issued when you registered.
Check your registration certificate or log into your Maine Tax Portal account and go to the Account section to find your State Tax ID.

This is your filing frequency as assigned by the state or local tax authority.
Check your registration certificate or log into your Maine Tax Portal account and go to View and File Returns to see the filing frequency of your next return.

After you approve the third-party access request, here's what will happen:

Under review: Within a few days, TaxJar will review your submission for accuracy and process your application.
- IMPORTANT: Your TaxJar account is created using the email address associated with your Stripe account, so if the TaxJar team needs to contact you, this is the email address we use by default. (Follow these instructions if you want to change this email address within your TaxJar account).
Automatic filing enabled: After access is confirmed, TaxJar will process your application. Then you'll be ready to file.
File your first tax return: TaxJar will email you at the beginning of each filing period to review your return before it's submitted.