{"id":1244,"date":"2022-04-25T08:11:12","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T12:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.studentclearinghouse.org\/vsrequestors\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=1244"},"modified":"2026-10-21T21:45:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T01:45:29","slug":"apply-for-sales-tax-exemption","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/help.studentclearinghouse.org\/vsrequestors\/knowledge-base\/apply-for-sales-tax-exemption\/","title":{"rendered":"Apply for Sales Tax Exemption"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If your organization is exempt from sales tax, you will need to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Be a registered Verification Services user,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add your billing information to your user profile, and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provide a sales tax exemption certificate to the Clearinghouse.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Typically, a tax exemption status is valid for three to five years, after which the billing contact will be required to reenter the certificate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sales tax for verification transactions is <strong>only applicable for the following five states<\/strong>: New Mexico, Ohio, South Dakota, Texas, and West Virginia. If your credit card billing address is not located in a taxable state, you will not be charged sales tax on your transactions (for Clearinghouse account holders, this applies to the billing contact&#8217;s main address).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-hb-message is-style-important wp-block-paragraph\"><strong class=\"message-label\">Important:<\/strong> All unregistered Verification Services users will be charged sales tax if the billing address of the credit card used for payment is located in one of the taxable states listed above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Registered Users Can Apply for a Sales Tax Exemption<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are a registered Verification Services user, you can apply for a sales tax exemption on future transactions using the following steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Select \u201c<strong>Edit Your Account<\/strong>\u201d in the left navigation bar.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click \u201c<strong>My Account<\/strong>\u201d at the top, right-hand side of the page.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Review and update the personal information<\/strong> in your account profile. Specifically confirm that your street address is correct.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To be recognized as sales tax exempt, <strong>you must also submit a sales tax-exempt certificate<\/strong> for review and processing by the Clearinghouse. To start the process, please see step 5 below.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contact <a href=\"mailto:degreeverify@studentclearinghouse.org\"><strong>degreeverify@studentclearinghouse.org<\/strong><\/a> via email with the subject line \u201c<strong>Request to Apply for Sales Tax Exemption<\/strong>.\u201d In the message body, please include your userID.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If your organization is exempt from sales tax, you will need to: Typically, a tax exemption status is valid for three to five years, after which the billing contact will be required to reenter the certificate. 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