Be sure to represent any certificates received by your company for audit purposes. The good news is that North Carolina does not have a “hooked” seller if the resale certificate is fraudulent, provided the certificate is complete and you have accepted it in good faith. Nevertheless, you can still verify the validity of an online resale certificate by checking the information from our blog post How to verify a resale certificate in each state. They must either keep a completed certificate of exception or register and store standard data elements of the certificate electronically. (Rule SSTGB 317.1.A.10) If the seller does not collect or transfer the VAT due, the customer must transfer the tax directly to the state, unless the customer can apply for a valid exemption. If you wish to apply for a turnover exemption or use the tax on your purchases, contact the state in which you are applying for the exemption. A Drop Shipper is required to collect and transfer VAT, except in the event of an exemption. A seller may issue drop Shipper with an exception certificate that would resell the resale if the Drop Shipper provides products that the seller has sold to the seller`s customer. Do I need to receive and keep paper copies of exemption certificates from my clients? Sellers and suppliers should check with each country where they have sales to find out if they should register and collect and transfer VAT, or review the rules for remote sellers and marketplace sellers.

You will find other documents attesting that the state accepts the use of your exemption or resale number in the state`s certificate of compliance. To view the direct delivery criteria, click on the status to open the certificate. Scroll through the #317080 section. Here are the basics of how you can obtain, complete and use this certificate and what you can do if you received one. If you are a seller with Nexus in North Carolina and a buyer provides the certificate of sale and use of the exemption for the purchase of items for resale, you must ensure that the buyer has completed and signed the form in its entirety. If the resale field is activated as the reason for the exemption, you should verify that they have provided a sales number for sales in North Carolina, and use the tax account id number. If the sender receives a fully completed exemption certificate from the seller, the sender of the drop is not responsible for VAT on products provided by the dump sender to the seller`s customer in an optimized Member State. If you have questions about the certificate, you can check the questions frequently asked by the North Carolina Department of Sales and Use of Sales and Use Tax or the Taxpayer Assistance and Collection Center at 1-877-252-3052 (no charge). Did you know that you can avoid paying most of VAT by purchasing retail products for resale? Do not send exemption certificates to the Streamlined Sales Tax Board or to the states.

Buyers must provide their supplier with the completed exemption certificate and keep a copy for their registrations. If a drop shipper delivers a product to the seller`s customer in an optimized full Member State, the seller can use the seller`s seller`s vat registration number on the exemption certificate made available to the Drop Shipper. The seller is not required to provide a VAT registration number from the state where the sale is purchased when purchasing products for resale. This does not apply to the sending of cases of digital services and products. National legislation determines whether a seller can provide a supplier or other seller with a certificate of exemption for resale by sale of digital services or products.