How to acquire state wholesale licenses or reseller certificates
Businesses can register as a wholesaler/reseller so their purchases are exempt from sales tax. When they then sell their products, they collect sales tax from their customers (the end users).
The links below can be used to register your business as a wholesaler or reseller in the states where you do business.
| State | Website |
| Alabama | If you have a sales tax permit, you do not need a resale certificate; you just share the permit with your supplier(s). If you do not have a sales tax permit, there is no application, but you must mail a form to the appropriate address listed in the instructions: https://www.revenue.alabama.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/stexa1.pdf |
| Alaska | |
| Arizona | |
| Arkansas | |
| California | |
| Colorado | No application; simply complete and provide to your suppliers: Sales Tax Exemption Certificate Multi-Jurisdiction Form DR 0563 |
| Connecticut | |
| District of Columbia | |
| Florida | If you have a sales tax permit, you automatically receive a resale certificate to share with relevant suppliers. Please send a request to filing@zamp.com asking for a copy and we can provide it! |
| Georgia | No application; simply complete and provide to your suppliers: |
| Hawaii | |
| Idaho | |
| Illinois | No application; simply complete and provide to your suppliers: |
| Indiana | No application; simply complete and provide to your suppliers: |
| Iowa | |
| Kansas | No application; simply complete and provide to your suppliers: |
| Kentucky | |
| Louisiana | For companies with a Louisiana location, you must have an LaTAP account, through which there is an online application: https://www.revenue.louisiana.gov/SalesTax/ResaleCertificate For remote sellers, you need to fill out the following form and provide to your suppliers: https://remotesellers.louisiana.gov/Documents/Resale%20Certficate.pdf |
| Maine | |
| Maryland | Online form (click the 'A resale certificate can be generated here' link): https://www.marylandtaxes.gov/business/sales-use/special-situations/purchases-for-resale.php |
| Massachusetts | No application; simply complete and provide to your suppliers: |
| Michigan | |
| Minnesota | |
| Mississippi | |
| Missouri | |
| Nebraska | |
| Nevada | |
| New Jersey | No application; simply complete and provide to your suppliers: |
| New Mexico | |
| New York | |
| North Carolina | |
| North Dakota | |
| Ohio | |
| Oklahoma | No application; simply complete and provide to your suppliers: |
| Pennsylvania | |
| Rhode Island | |
| South Carolina | |
| South Dakota | |
| Tennessee | Automatically generated; just need to download: |
| Texas | |
| Utah | |
| Vermont | |
| Virginia | No application; simply complete and provide to your suppliers: |
| Washington | |
| West Virginia | |
| Wisconsin | No application; simply complete and provide to your suppliers: |
| Wyoming |