Transactions not subject to tax/exempt sales The Tax Law exempts purchases for resale; most sales to or by the federal and New York State governments, charitable organizations, and certain other exempt organizations; sales of most food for home consumption; and sales of prescription and nonprescription medicines.
Generally, food and food products sold by food stores are exempt from sales tax.
To submit your completed form, you may send it via mail to the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance at the following address: New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, P.O. Box 4127, Binghamton, NY 13902-4127. You can also file online through the New York State Department's official website.
In New York, there are some considerations when taking a look at rental taxes. While a sales tax is applied to rentals, this doesn't apply to rentals where an operator accompanies the equipment. In that case, it's treated not as a sale or rental, but as a service performed.
Clothing and footwear under $110 are exempt from New York City and NY State sales tax. Purchases above $110 are subject to a 4.5% NYC sales tax and a 4% NY State sales tax.
The capital base is the total of business capital and investment capital, or the portions of each allocated within New York State. The rate of tax is 1.78 mills (or 0.4 of a mill in the case of a cooperative housing corporation) for each dollar of the capital base.
Examples of Non-Taxable Items Items and services that are exempt from sales tax include but are not limited to: Food products, dietary foods, certain beverages and health supplements sold by food markets. Diapers. Drugs and medicines for people.