Minnesota · Bookkeeping services
Minnesota bookkeeping: 6.875% to the third decimal, and a payroll that changed in 2026.
Minnesota collects its local sales taxes through the state, adds a retail delivery fee for larger retailers, and started Paid Leave premiums on January 1, 2026. Books that carry all three cleanly make every return and payroll run simple. We keep them in your own QuickBooks file, remotely, on a written fixed-fee scope.
Minnesota bookkeeping: the state sales tax is 6.875% (6.5% plus 0.375%), not the 6.88% rate tables round it to, and local sales taxes — including the Twin Cities metro area’s 0.25% housing tax and 0.75% transportation tax — are administered and collected by the Department of Revenue with the state tax. Paid Leave premiums began January 1, 2026, with employers paying at least half. Retailers with $1 million or more in retail sales charge a $0.50 fee on qualifying deliveries of $100 or more. TechBrot keeps the books in your own QuickBooks file; your tax professional files.
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What a Minnesota business actually tracks.
A Minneapolis online retailer shipping across the Twin Cities charges the state’s 6.875% plus the local taxes that apply, including the metro housing and transportation taxes, and reports all of it on the state return, because the Department of Revenue collects the local taxes too. If its retail sales are $1 million or more, each qualifying delivery of $100 or more also carries the $0.50 delivery fee, which is not sales tax and needs its own line.
Its payroll changed on January 1, 2026: Paid Leave premiums started, with the employer paying at least half and the rest allowed to come from employees’ pay. A file that has not added those items is under-recording a liability every pay period.
Five Minnesota facts your books have to reflect.
From Minnesota Statutes and the Department of Revenue’s own pages, read September 28, 2026.
Sales tax: 6.875%
6.5% plus 0.375% under Minn. Stat. 297A.62; a rate table showing 6.88% is rounded, and the rounding shows up in reconciliations.
Local taxes collected by the state
Local sales taxes are administered and collected by the commissioner of revenue with the state tax (Minn. Stat. 297A.99).
Metro-area taxes
The Department of Revenue’s 2026 rate guide lists a 0.25% metro-area housing tax and a 0.75% metro-area transportation tax.
Paid Leave premiums from 2026
Premiums began January 1, 2026; employers pay at least 50% and may deduct the rest from wages (Minn. Stat. 268B.14).
Retail delivery fee
A $0.50 fee on qualifying retail deliveries of $100 or more; retailers with less than $1 million in retail sales are exempt (Minn. Stat. 168E.03).
Sources, read 2026-09-28:Minn. Stat. 297A.62 (rate) · Minn. Stat. 297A.99 (local taxes) · MN Revenue: local sales and use tax rate guide, 2026 Q4 · Minn. Stat. 290.92 (withholding) · Minn. Stat. 268B.14 (Paid Leave premiums) · Minn. Stat. 168E.03 (retail delivery fee).
How a Minnesota engagement runs.
Discovery call
Free, 30 minutes: where you sell, whether you deliver, and how payroll is run.
Tax and fee setup
The exact 6.875%, each local tax where you sell, and the delivery fee on its own liability if it applies.
Payroll check
Paid Leave premium items for the employer and employee shares, and state withholding for every Minnesota employee.
Monthly close
Every account reconciled, the sales-tax, fee and premium liabilities tied to what was filed and paid.
Year-end handoff
The books and schedules your CPA needs, with the 2026 payroll changes already in them.
A Minnesota business’s books checklist.
- The state rate at 6.875%, not a rounded 6.88%.
- Every local sales tax where you sell reported on the state return.
- The retail delivery fee on its own liability, if your retail sales are $1 million or more.
- Paid Leave premium items in payroll from January 1, 2026, with the employer share at least half.
- State withholding set up for every Minnesota employee.
What it costs, and where to go next.
Monthly bookkeeping is published at $400–$2,500+/mo and payroll management at $150–$800+/mo, each a fixed fee against a written scope; the national service is monthly bookkeeping.
Remote, with no Minnesota office; the work happens in your own QuickBooks file, reviewed by TechBrot’s founder, a Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor. Your tax professional files.
Minnesota bookkeeping services questions.
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Around Minnesota.
Minnesota QuickBooks ProAdvisor & bookkeeping
The state page: services, industries, cities and the Minnesota tax terms in one place.
Bookkeeping services, nationally
The national engagement this page is the Minnesota version of — same scope, same written fixed fee.
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