Printful Enterprise applies sales tax to orders shipped to states in the USA where Printful Enterprise is registered for sales tax purposes. A resale certificate, also known as a sales tax exemption certificate, serves as proof that you are eligible to purchase an item tax-free for resale purposes. Valid resale certificates can qualify you for a sales tax exemption on orders made through Printful Enterprise. Learn more about whether sales tax applies to you.
Please note that a business license, seller’s permit, or other documentation on its own is not equivalent to a resale certificate. However, by creating and submitting the resale certificate form, as described below, you can become tax-exempt on orders in selected states.
In this article:
- Submitting your existing resale certificate
- Creating and submitting a resale certificate
- Resale certificate guidelines
Submitting your existing resale certificate
- Navigate to Wallet → Taxes.
- Click Submit a certificate to open the Exemption Certificate Wizard.
- Follow the instructions of the Wizard, ensuring you select the “Upload” option in one of the steps, as shown below.
After submitting your certificate, it will undergo review within a week. In case your certificate is rejected, we will provide the reason for rejection to the email address associated with your account. This will allow you to address the issue and resubmit accordingly.
Note that a resale certificate must be submitted before placing an order to qualify for tax exemption.
Creating and submitting a resale certificate
If you have a seller’s permit or a sales tax permit, download and fill out the appropriate resale certificate form for a specific state or multiple states (refer to the table below).
As many states accept multi-state exemption forms, we’ve grouped states based on the forms that may be used. To simplify the process, we’ve included the relevant forms below, along with commentary guidelines for your convenience. After completing the form, upload it following the instructions mentioned above.
| State | Applicable sales tax exemption form |
|---|---|
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Alabama Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Florida Hawaii Idaho Illinois Maine Maryland Missouri New Mexico Pennsylvania South Carolina Texas |
MTC
Guidelines* for MTC form can be found here.
*The same multi-state logic principle applies to the SSTGB form below. |
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Arkansas Georgia Iowa Kansas Kentucky Michigan Minnesota Nebraska Nevada New Jersey North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Rhode Island South Dakota Tennessee Utah Vermont Washington Wisconsin |
SSTGB; MTC |
|
Indiana West Virginia Wyoming |
SSTGB |
| District of Columbia | File Form OTR-368 with DC to receive District Issued Exemption Certificate |
| Louisiana | State Issued Resale Certificate — R-1064 |
| Massachusetts | ST-4 |
| Mississippi | State Issued Seller Permit with resale statement on it |
| New York | ST120 |
| Virginia | ST-10 |
Alternatively, you can also generate and submit a resale certificate for specific states using our Exemption Certificate Wizard.
After submitting your certificate, it will be reviewed within a week. In case your certificate is rejected, we will provide the reason for rejection to the email address associated with your account. This will allow you to address the issue and resubmit accordingly.
Note that a resale certificate must be submitted before placing an order to qualify for tax exemption.
Resale certificate guidelines
- For transactions between Printful Enterprise and your company, Printful Enterprise is the Seller and your company is the Purchaser:
- Issued to Seller: Printful, Inc.
- Seller address: 11025 Westlake Dr, Charlotte, North Carolina 28273
- Your business name and address in the form must match your registered business name and address on your business registration license.
- Your business name and address in the My account section of Printful Enterprise must match the information in the resale certificate. Since these details are also used for invoicing purposes, they must correspond to the information on the resale certificate. Please note that your business name and address are not presented to your customers; they are solely used for invoicing and communication purposes.
- You must write “E-commerce retail” if the form requires you to describe the type of business you engage in.
- Choose “Retailer” as in this business relationship, you are the retailer.
- Make sure your resale certificate is signed and dated (if submitting by uploading it).
- You may write “Print-on-demand clothing, accessories, and home & living items” when asked to describe the property you intend to purchase from Printful Enterprise (if submitting by uploading it).
- Printful Enterprise may require that you submit the following documents for verification: your state sales tax license for each state ID number you will be using on a resale certificate, as well as your business registration license if you are using a DBA (Doing Business As) name.