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Practical reading on US sales tax, address validation, and test data — written for developers and QA engineers using the tax-free state address generator.

NOMAD States Explained: The 5 US States With No Sales Tax

June 26, 2026 · 8 min read

A deep-dive into the NOMAD acronym — New Hampshire, Oregon, Montana, Alaska, and Delaware. Why each state ended up tax-free, the local exceptions that catch unsuspecting buyers (especially in Alaska), and why this matters for e-commerce checkout testing.

Why Test Addresses Fail AVS and ZIP+City+State Validation

June 26, 2026 · 9 min read

The two validation layers that reject your test fixtures: USPS ZIP-city-state matching and the payment network’s Address Verification System. A practical guide with the AVS response code table and Stripe sandbox examples for testing each case.