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| <h1>US Sales Tax Exemption Certificate Plugin for WordPress</h1><p class="sub">Collects the resale certificate, not the tax rate: New York gives a seller 90 days from delivery to obtain a completed one (N.Y. Tax Law 1132(c)).</p> |
| <div class="wrap"><form id="f"><label for="i_business_name">Legal name of the purchasing business, exactly as it appears on the permit</label><input id="i_business_name" data-k="business_name" type="text"> |
| <label for="i_buyer_email">Email address - your copy of this certificate is sent here</label><input id="i_buyer_email" data-k="buyer_email" type="email"> |
| <label for="i_issuing_state">State that issued your exemption or resale permit</label><select id="i_issuing_state" data-k="issuing_state"><option>Alabama</option><option>Alaska</option><option>Arizona</option><option>Arkansas</option><option>California</option><option>Colorado</option><option>Connecticut</option><option>Delaware</option><option>District of Columbia</option><option>Florida</option><option>Georgia</option><option>Hawaii</option><option>Idaho</option><option>Illinois</option><option>Indiana</option><option>Iowa</option><option>Kansas</option><option>Kentucky</option><option>Louisiana</option><option>Maine</option><option>Maryland</option><option>Massachusetts</option><option>Michigan</option><option>Minnesota</option><option>Mississippi</option><option>Missouri</option><option>Montana</option><option>Nebraska</option><option>Nevada</option><option>New Hampshire</option><option>New Jersey</option><option>New Mexico</option><option>New York</option><option>North Carolina</option><option>North Dakota</option><option>Ohio</option><option>Oklahoma</option><option>Oregon</option><option>Pennsylvania</option><option>Rhode Island</option><option>South Carolina</option><option>South Dakota</option><option>Tennessee</option><option>Texas</option><option>Utah</option><option>Vermont</option><option>Virginia</option><option>Washington</option><option>West Virginia</option><option>Wisconsin</option><option>Wyoming</option></select> |
| <label for="i_exemption_reason">Reason this purchase is exempt</label><select id="i_exemption_reason" data-k="exemption_reason"><option>Resale - the property will be resold in the regular course of business</option><option>Ingredient or component part of a product being manufactured for resale</option><option>Machinery or equipment used directly in manufacturing, processing or production</option><option>Agricultural production</option><option>Charitable, religious or educational organization</option><option>Government agency - federal, state, county, city or school district</option><option>Direct pay permit holder - tax is remitted by us directly to the state</option><option>Other exempt use - describe it in the purchase description below</option></select> |
| <label for="i_certificate_scope">Does this certificate cover one order or all future qualifying orders?</label><select id="i_certificate_scope" data-k="certificate_scope"><option>Blanket - all qualifying purchases on this account until we withdraw it in writing</option><option>Single purchase - this order only (give the order or PO number below)</option></select> |
| <label for="i_certificate_number">Permit or exemption number, exactly as printed on your certificate - never type a Social Security number on this form</label><input id="i_certificate_number" data-k="certificate_number" type="text"> |
| <label for="i_certificate_issue_date">Date the permit was issued</label><input id="i_certificate_issue_date" data-k="certificate_issue_date" type="date"> |
| <label for="i_purchase_description">Property or services this exemption covers - separate items with a semicolon, and add the order or PO number for a single purchase</label><input id="i_purchase_description" data-k="purchase_description" type="text"> |
| <label for="i_signer_name">Name and title of the person authorized to sign for the business</label><input id="i_signer_name" data-k="signer_name" type="text"></form><div class="card"><h3>Sales Tax Exemption Certificates</h3><p><b>Legal name of the purchasing business, exactly as it appears on the permit:</b> <span id="o_business_name"></span></p><p><b>Email address - your copy of this certificate is sent here:</b> <span id="o_buyer_email"></span></p><p><b>State that issued your exemption or resale permit:</b> <span id="o_issuing_state"></span></p><p><b>Reason this purchase is exempt:</b> <span id="o_exemption_reason"></span></p><p><b>Does this certificate cover one order or all future qualifying orders?:</b> <span id="o_certificate_scope"></span></p><p><b>Permit or exemption number, exactly as printed on your certificate - never type a Social Security number on this form:</b> <span id="o_certificate_number"></span></p><p><b>Date the permit was issued:</b> <span id="o_certificate_issue_date"></span></p><p><b>Property or services this exemption covers - separate items with a semicolon, and add the order or PO number for a single purchase:</b> <span id="o_purchase_description"></span></p><p><b>Name and title of the person authorized to sign for the business:</b> <span id="o_signer_name"></span></p></div></div> |
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