How to Verify a Resale Certificate in Every State
Alabama
Alabama – Login required. From there, click the Start Over button > Business > Verify an Exemption Certificate.
Arizona
Arizona – Enter the number here. Number should have 8 digits
Arkansas
Arkansas – Use either the reseller’s permit ID number or Streamlined Sales Tax number
California
California – Enter available information for verification.
Colorado
Colorado – Enter the 7, 8, 11 or 12-digit account number to be verified. Do not include an L or M prefix.
Connecticut
Connecticut – Enter the business ID and certificate number.
District of Columbia
District of Columbia – Verify online at My Tax DC.
Florida
Florida – Enter the required seller information, then enter sales tax certificate numbers for verification.
Georgia
Georgia – Follow the steps listed that lead you to the form. Enter the sales tax certificate number for verification.
Hawaii
Hawaii – Enter available information for verification.
Idaho
Idaho – Under “Other Services,” select “Validate Seller’s Permit.” Enter the permit number for verification.
Illinois
Illinois – Select the ID type, and then enter the ID number. Hit enter to verify.
Indiana
Iowa
Iowa – Online verification is not available. Since Iowa does not issue certificates, the purchaser will provide you with their 9 digit ID number, which you would use to call in and verify.
Kansas
Kansas – Enter Kansas Tax Registration Number.
Kentucky
Kentucky – Online verification is unavailable. You will be provided with Form 51A105.
Louisiana
Louisiana – Enter the seller’s account number and business name.
Maine
Maine – Enter the seller’s resale certificate number.
Maryland
Maryland – Enter Sales & Use Tax ID number.
Massachusetts
Massachusetts – Enter your own Sales & Use tax ID and the purchaser’s Sales & Use Tax ID
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Mississippi – Select “I want to…,” then choose “Verify a Permit Number.” Enter the permit type and ID to check permit.
Missouri
Nebraska
Nevada
Nevada – Choose the search category, and then enter available information for verification.
New Jersey
New Jersey – Enter the “Name Control,” and at least one other field for verification.
New Mexico
New Mexico – Under “Businesses,” select “Check CRS Status.” From there, enter CRS ID, zip code, and last 4 of SSN, FEIN, or ITIN.
New York
New York – Pass the security checkpoint, and then enter the tax identification number.
North Carolina
North Carolina – Enter account ID and Taxpayer Name.
North Dakota
North Dakota – Scroll down and select “Sales & Use Permit Inquiry” and follow the instructions.
Ohio
Ohio – Scroll down to “Key Sales & Use Tax Resources,” read the “instructions for active vendors license list,” and download the spreadsheet, “List of active vendors.” Find the business you seek using the information provided to you on the purchaser’s Form STECB.
Oklahoma
Oklahoma – Go to this page at the Oklahoma Tax Commission site and click “Permit Look-up System.” Call 405-521-3160 option 2 and enter the permit number.
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania – Online verification is not available. You will be given REV-1220Pennsylvania Exemption Certificate before you invoice, otherwise you are required to charge them sales tax.
Rhode Island
Rhode Island – Online verification is not available. You may call in and verify the Resale Certificate provided.-
South Carolina
South Carolina – Online verification is not available. You may call in and verify the information provided on Form ST-8A.
South Dakota
South Dakota – Online verification is not available. You may call in and verify the information provided on Form 713.
Tennessee
Tennessee – Choose the exemption type from the pull-down, and then enter the 9 digit ID number.
Texas
Texas – Enter available information for verification.
Utah
Utah – There is no way to verify a resale certificate online. Utah allows merchants to accept resale certificates “in good faith.”
Vermont
Virginia
Virginia – Online verification is not available. You may call in and verify the status based on the information provided in Form ST-10.
Washington
Washington – Enter business name, UBI/Tax registration number, or reseller permit number to search.
West Virginia
West Virginia – Online verification is not available. You may call in and verify the status based on the information provided in Form F0003.
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Wyoming – Online verification is not available. You may call in and verify the status based on the information provided in the Certificate of Exemption.