Related to the conversation about Amazon charging sales tax, I was informed by one of their third party sellers (whom we've frequently purchased from in the past) that they "do not offer tax-exempt shipments to states that require us to collect sales tax." The representative suggested I submit the invoice to our local tax agency (i.e. the State of Michigan) for reimbursement. The order was fulfilled by Motor City Books, but the customer service representative who replied to my email had all of the following resellers in his/her signature line: Thrift Books | Green Earth Books | Motor City Books | Atlanta Book Company | Blue Cloud Books | Yankee Clipper Books | Books Squared | Silver Arch Books | Free State Books | Sierra Nevada Books. Therefore we won't be ordering used books from any of those vendors. Just thought I'd share. Regards, Jessica -- Library Director T.A. Cutler Memorial Library 312 Michigan Ave. St. Louis, MI 48880 (989) 681-5141 On 10/1/2015 2:24 PM, Helen Dewey wrote:
Compilation of replies: 1) I called the business number available online and an agent talked me through it and set it up. Very easy. 2) You can find information to sign up here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/taxExemption?ie=UTF8&ref_=ya_atepplus 3) did this yesterday. I just went through Amazon's preformatted sales tax exemption procedure. It is under Your Account>>Settings>>Amazon Tax Exemption Program and enter your password. You can either upload the State form or walk through Amazon's steps. If filled it out yesterday and is is already active. I haven't ordered yet and I think there is some caveat language that the Amazon certificate doesn't carry over to third party providers. It was pretty easy. 4) I found the process for tax exempt with Amazon. Hope this helps. It is attached. Link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=help_search_1-2?ie=UTF8&nodeId=201133370&qid=1443710279&sr=1-2
5) My Director has already completed our application. She mentioned that she had to use the mouse to “write” her signature to sign the application. Helen *From:* LLC Sandra Wilson <mailto:sandra@llcoop.org> *Sent:* Thursday, October 01, 2015 10:06 AM *To:* Helen Dewey <mailto:rhdewey@charter.net> *Subject:* Re: [Michlib-l] Amazon will start charging sales tax in Michigan Helen,
When you get an answer can you send it out too?
Sandra Wilson Lakeland Library Cooperative Director sandra@llcoop.org 616-559-5253 x201 616-559-4329 FAX 4138 Three Mile Rd. NW Grand Rapids, MI 49534
*---------- Original Message -----------* From: "Helen Dewey" <rhdewey@charter.net> To: "Michlib-l" <michlib-l@mcls.org> Sent: Wed, 30 Sep 2015 20:11:56 -0400 Subject: [Michlib-l] Amazon will start charging sales tax in Michigan
Michigan Libraries - Amazon will start charging sales tax in Michigan on October 1. If you have let them know of your state sales tax exemption, what was the procedure? Do they require a mailed document? Can you just tell them the tax exemption number? Helen
Helen Dewey Benzonia Public Library Board rhdewey@charter.net *------- End of Original Message -------*
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