Do youth teams pay sales tax?

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This is generally how I figure tax status.
1) are they a registered tax exempt organization with supplied documentation? tax=NO
2) are they reselling your product with supplied reseller documentation? tax=NO
3) anyone else? tax=YES

 

These guys are all right - but just to beat a dead horse. If they don't give you documentation from your state that give them some kind of exempt status, then you need to charge them sales tax.

http://business.marylandtaxes.com/taxinfo/salesanduse/exemption/default.asp

What they tell you is completely irrelevant without the appropriate documentation.

Also (it works this way in Nebraska) if they are in fact sales tax exempt, and they pay sales tax when they shouldn't have, they should be able to file for a refund - so even if you are in the wrong, they aren't really out any $$$ if they're on top of their paperwork.

 

In California EVERYONE pays sales tax except:
The State
Resellers with a valid sellers permit when the goods are for resale
Those with an exemption certificate (very rare here)

That is it.

A common misconception is non-profits do not pay sales tax here. That is not true.