Businesses can apply for certificates that exempt them from paying sales tax on certain items. These certificates are issued by the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance (DTF). Businesses complete the certificate, and provide it to the vendor. The vendor keeps the certificate and makes a sale without tax.

Blanket certificates If you routinely make similar purchases from a seller, you may prefer to use a blanket certificate. This allows you to give your seller one exemption certificate to cover all similar purchases, rather than a separate certificate for each purchase.

Seller's name. Seller's address. Buyer's name. Buyer's address. Classification of buyer: wholesaler, retailer, manufacturer, seller (California), lessor, other. Description of business.

Single purchase exemption certificate: Check this box if this exemption certificate is being used for a single purchase. Include the invoice or purchase order number for the transaction.

Sales tax exemption certificates are required whenever a seller makes a sale of taxable goods or services, and does not collect sales tax in a jurisdiction, in which they are required to. The certificate is issued by a purchaser to make tax-free purchases that would normally be subject to sales tax.

A resale certificate is also called a sales tax certificate, reseller permit, or sales tax exemption certificate. ... It does not exempt you from paying sales tax on items you use in your business (e.g., office supplies). Qualifying goods are either items you plan to resell or use as parts in products or services you sell.

If you sell items to a business with a resale certificate, do not collect sales tax. Instead, that business will collect sales tax from its customers. Sales tax exemption certificates legally let buyers get out of paying sales tax.