Boston stores ring the same 6.25% sales tax as the rest of Massachusetts, because the state has no local sales tax option. What does change here is prepared food, which carries the city's local meals tax on top of the state rate. Storeveu holds that split per department so a hot sandwich and a packaged one do not ring the same way.
Serving independent retailers across Dorchester, South Boston, East Boston, Roxbury, Jamaica Plain, Allston and the rest of Boston.
These are the Boston specifics on top of the Massachusetts rules. Storeveu holds them on the store record, so a multi location operator does not run a separate catalog per city.
6.25%, same as statewide
Massachusetts does not let cities add a local sales tax, so a Boston store rings the same rate as one in Worcester or Springfield. For a multi location operator that is a real simplification: one tax rule covers every Massachusetts store rather than a rate per city.
7% in Boston
Boston adopted the local option meals tax, so prepared food carries 0.75% on top of the 6.25% state meals tax while packaged grocery staples stay exempt. Storeveu sets this per department, so the hot case and the grocery shelf ring correctly without the cashier deciding which one applies.
City licensing board, capped licenses
Off premise alcohol licences in Boston are scarce and administered by the city's own licensing board, and Massachusetts also caps how many an operator may hold statewide. Storeveu keeps alcohol categories, age prompts and reporting per store, so adding a location does not disturb the store that already holds a licence.
Every MA store inherits these. Storeveu ships with them configured.
The register is offline first. Sales keep ringing and sync the moment the connection returns.
Starter and Pro are billed per store with no long term contract and no early termination fee.
Every record is scoped to your organization and store, and access is gated by role.
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No. Massachusetts sets a single 6.25% sales tax statewide and does not allow cities to add a local sales tax, so a Boston store charges the same rate as a store anywhere else in the state. The rate that does differ locally is the meals tax on prepared food, which is 7% in Boston.
Prepared food in Boston carries a 7% meals tax, made up of the 6.25% state rate plus the 0.75% local option the city adopted, while packaged grocery staples remain exempt. Storeveu applies tax per department, so the hot case rings at the meals rate and the grocery aisle stays exempt on the same receipt.
Yes. The Massachusetts 5 cent deposit applies in Boston exactly as it does statewide, on glass and plastic bottles and aluminium cans up to 32 oz. It is added as its own non taxable line, and the Bottle Redemption screen pays refunds back out with a running total so the drawer reconciles at close.
Yes. Each store keeps its own pricing, stock and licence related reporting while sharing one catalog and one login, which matters in a city where an operator often runs a handful of small format stores across different neighbourhoods rather than one large one.
Plans start at $39/mo (Starter) and $129/mo (Pro) per store, billed month-to-month with no contract or early-termination fee. Most modules are add-ons you turn on per store, see the pricing page for the full list.
Yes. The register is offline-first, it keeps ringing sales with no internet and syncs automatically the moment the connection returns, so a dropped router never stops checkout.
No. Storeveu is month-to-month per store with no long-term contract and no early-termination fee, change tiers or cancel a store anytime.
No. Storeveu runs on standard Windows PCs with common receipt printers, cash drawers and PAX/Dejavoo terminals, bring your own, or buy the E15W dual-screen terminal.
Most stores go live in 1-3 weeks. The team imports your catalog and customer list from systems like Square, Clover, Lightspeed or Heartland, usually overnight.
Yes. Run multiple locations from one back office with per-store pricing and inventory, plus a five-tier role hierarchy and custom roles.
Every record is scoped to your organization and store, access is permission-gated by role, and one tenant can never see another’s data.
Book a free 15-20 minute guided demo on a fully-loaded store, no contract, no pressure. Use the contact page to pick a time, or call the sales line.
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