2026 tax year · Wyoming
Marketplace seller taxes in Wyoming
Etsy, eBay, Shopify and the rest report your gross and withhold nothing. The gap between that and what you are taxed on is your costs, in Wyoming that gap is worth $5,937 in tax.
Take a driver who grossed $45,000 over 18,000 business miles. After mileage at 74.3 cents and the rest of the stack, worked through on the marketplace seller page $26,775 comes off and $18,225 is left as taxable profit. That profit is what Wyoming and the IRS charge against.
What that leaves you owing in Wyoming
| Self-employment tax | $2,575 |
| Federal income tax | $67 |
| Wyoming income tax | $0, no state income tax |
| Total tax | $2,642 |
| Effective rate on gross | 5.9% |
Earning more in Wyoming
A single filer taking the standard deduction, this work as the only income, the calculator above handles the other filing statuses. Miles rise with earnings, so the deduction rises too, and the effective rate on gross climbs more slowly than it would for someone whose income grew without expenses attached:
| Volume | Gross | Mileage off | Taxable profit | Wyoming tax | Total tax | Rate on gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part-time | $15,000 | $0 | $15,000 | $0 | $2,119 | 14.1% |
| Steady side income | $45,000 | $0 | $45,000 | $0 | $8,579 | 19.1% |
| Full-time | $72,000 | $0 | $72,000 | $0 | $14,803 | 20.6% |
Wyoming specifics that change the number
Wyoming levies essentially nothing comparable to the business taxes of the other no-income-tax states: no franchise tax on income, no gross receipts tax, no commerce tax. The state sales tax is 4% with county option taxes on top (6% total in most counties), which makes Wyoming about as light as state taxation of the self-employed gets.
Selling into and out of Wyoming
Income tax follows you: Wyoming taxes your profit wherever the buyer was. Sales tax does not. Marketplace facilitator laws make the platform collect and remit sales tax on your behalf in most states, which is why a seller can have customers in all fifty and still file only one income tax return. Selling off-platform is where that stops being true.
On $18,225 of profit, what the states around Wyoming would charge:
| State | Its tax | vs Wyoming |
|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | No income tax | same |
| Montana | $199 | +$199 |
| Nebraska | $596 | +$596 |
| Colorado | $729 | +$729 |
| Utah | $820 | +$820 |
| Idaho | $966 | +$966 |
- South Dakota works out the same as Wyoming on this income.
- Montana would take $199 more, $199 against Wyoming's $0.
- Nebraska would take $596 more, $596 against Wyoming's $0.
- Colorado would take $729 more, $729 against Wyoming's $0.
- Utah would take $820 more, $820 against Wyoming's $0.
- Idaho would take $966 more, $966 against Wyoming's $0.
Marketplace seller tax questions in Wyoming
How much should a Wyoming seller set aside?
About 5.9% of gross on the $45,000 example, $2,642 across self-employment tax, federal income tax and nothing to Wyoming. In practice that means moving about $59 of every $1,000 payout into a separate account the day it lands, and sending roughly $661 to the IRS each quarter, no platform withholds any of this for you. Set aside from each payout rather than finding it in April.
Does the $45,000 on my 1099-NEC match what Wyoming taxes?
No. Wyoming taxes profit, not gross. After $26,775 of deductions the taxable figure is $18,225, so there is no Wyoming tax either way. But the federal side drops by $5,937. The form reports what the platform paid out, it knows nothing about your costs, and no one subtracts them for you. On this example 60% of the gross never becomes taxable income, but only for the seller who kept the records to prove it.