[Michlib-l] Amazon will start charging sales tax in Michigan

[Jessica Little]

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 at llcoop.org>
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 01, 2015 10:06 AM
> *To:* Helen Dewey <mailto:rhdewey at 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 at 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 at charter.net>
> To: "Michlib-l" <michlib-l at 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 at charter.net
> *------- End of Original Message -------*
>
>
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