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Guides, analysis, and policy insights for builders navigating autonomous commerce and digital taxation.

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2026-03-265 min read

IRS Notice 2026-20: The Digital Asset Lot-ID Relief Extension (And Why Your 1099-DA Still Needs Scrutiny)

The IRS extended digital asset lot identification relief through December 31, 2026 via Notice 2026-20. Here's what that means for AI agent operators running automated trades—and wh...

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Practical Guide

Washington's April 1 Deadline: Your Existing Digital Services Contracts Are About to Get Taxed

Washington's SB 5814 transition relief for existing contracts expires April 1, 2026. If you sell IT services, custom software, or ...

2026-03-246 min read
Industry & Opinion

The Agent-to-Agent Economy: What Happens When Bots Start Billing

McKinsey projects agentic commerce could generate $3-5 trillion globally by 2030. Visa, Google, and J.P. Morgan are building agent...

2026-03-206 min read
Technical

x402 and Sales Tax: The Missing Layer in the Agent Commerce Stack

x402 solves the payment rail for autonomous agent transactions. But every x402 payment is a potential sales tax event across 51 US...

2026-03-207 min read
Policy

The 2025 Regs Explained: How Treasury Classifies AI Transactions

In January 2025, Treasury finalized regulations on digital content and cloud transactions. These rules now govern how every AI API...

2026-03-196 min read
Policy

Can Your AI Agent Create a Tax Presence in Another Country?

Some governments want to treat AI agents as 'persons' that create permanent establishments. Here's why the OECD says no — and why ...

2026-03-197 min read
Policy

KPMG Says No Need to Reboot: What Their GenAI Tax Report Means for AI Agent Builders

KPMG's new 51-page report argues existing tax rules already cover GenAI transactions — no robot tax needed. Here's what matters fo...

2026-03-195 min read
Technical

The Predominant Character Rule: How Mixed AI Services Get Classified for Tax

When an AI transaction bundles inference, fine-tuning, SDKs, and support, which element determines the tax classification? The 202...

2026-03-197 min read
Practical Guide

Preparing for Tax Season: What AI Agent Operators Need to File

Tax season is approaching. If you've been running AI agents that buy or sell services, here's exactly what you need to file -- sal...

2026-03-185 min read
Practical Guide

How to Handle Exemption Certificates in Agent-to-Agent Commerce

Resale certificates, nonprofit exemptions, government buyers -- how do exemptions work when the customer is a bot? A practical gui...

2026-03-165 min read
Practical Guide

AgentTax for Buyers: Tracking Use Tax and 1099s Automatically

Step-by-step walkthrough for buyer agents. Track use tax exposure, monitor 1099 thresholds, and stay audit-ready -- all from a sin...

2026-03-144 min read
Practical Guide

AgentTax for Sellers: Collecting Sales Tax on AI Services

Step-by-step walkthrough for seller agents. From determining nexus to registering with states, integrating tax calculation, routin...

2026-03-135 min read
Practical Guide

5 Minutes to Tax-Compliant: AgentTax Quickstart for Python Agents

Copy-paste integration tutorial. Add sales tax calculation, use tax tracking, and 1099 monitoring to your Python AI agent in under...

2026-03-114 min read
Industry & Opinion

State Tax Authorities Aren't Ready for Autonomous Commerce

Tax departments still struggle with e-commerce audits. Agent-to-agent commerce -- with its JSON payloads, agent IDs, and millions ...

2026-03-104 min read
Industry & Opinion

Open Letter: Tax Policy Needs an Update for AI

U.S. tax codes were written for a world of physical stores and human buyers. Five specific policy gaps are preventing compliance i...

2026-03-095 min read
Industry & Opinion

Why Avalara and Vertex Won't Solve AI Tax

Enterprise tax platforms have 20 years of infrastructure, but they're solving the wrong problem for the agent economy. The archite...

2026-03-085 min read
Industry & Opinion

The $400B Tax Gap AI Agents Will Create (and How to Close It)

As AI agent commerce scales to trillions, the uncollected tax on autonomous transactions could dwarf today's entire e-commerce tax...

2026-03-075 min read
Technical Deep Dive

Tax Routing for Payment Rails: Stripe, Crypto, and Agent Escrow

AgentTax calculates the tax, but how does the money actually get split? Here's how to route tax reserves correctly across Stripe, ...

2026-03-065 min read
Industry & Opinion

Autonomous Purchasing and Use Tax: The Coming Compliance Crisis

When AI agents buy autonomously, use tax obligations pile up invisibly. A company with 10 agents making 200 purchases a day could ...

2026-03-055 min read
Technical Deep Dive

API-First Tax: Why AI Agents Need a POST, Not a Portal

Enterprise tax tools were built for humans clicking through portals. AI agents need a single API call that returns JSON in under 1...

2026-03-045 min read
Technical Deep Dive

How AgentTax Classifies AI-to-AI Transactions

Compute, SaaS, data, AI labor -- each is taxed differently across 50 states. Here's how AgentTax maps agent transactions to the ri...

2026-03-036 min read
Technical Deep Dive

Building Tax-Compliant AI Agents: A Developer's Guide

A code-heavy walkthrough of integrating tax compliance into your AI agent's transaction loop. Includes complete Python and JavaScr...

2026-03-015 min read
Technical Deep Dive

Introducing the AgentTax Python SDK

AI agents are buying and selling from each other. Now they can handle their taxes too. The AgentTax Python SDK brings sales tax, u...

2026-02-272 min read
Fundamentals

The 1099 Problem: When Your AI Agent Pays 50 Vendors a Day

The IRS requires a 1099-NEC for every vendor receiving $2,000+ (raised from $600 by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act). At agent spee...

2026-02-246 min read
Fundamentals

Do States Tax SaaS? A 50-State Guide for 2026

The same SaaS product can be fully taxable in one state, partially taxable in another, and completely exempt in a third. Here's th...

2026-02-207 min read
Fundamentals

Economic Nexus in the Age of AI Agents

Your AI agent crosses state lines every millisecond. After Wayfair, that means you could owe sales tax in dozens of states — and m...

2026-02-174 min read
Fundamentals

Sales Tax vs. Use Tax: What AI Builders Need to Know

Most AI builders know about sales tax. Almost none know about use tax — the obligation that falls on buyers when sellers don't col...

2026-02-135 min read
Fundamentals

When AI Agents Buy and Sell: Who Pays the Tax?

AI agents are buying compute, selling API access, and transacting millions daily. But who's responsible for the tax? The answer is...

2026-02-107 min read
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