| The most frequently asked question by Business | | | | - Reseller permit. |
| Owners is, "What is the difference between Employer | | | | - Sales tax vendor id number. |
| Identification Number and State ID Number?" | | | | - Sales tax registration. |
| - Federal Tax ID Number assign by Internal Revenue | | | | - Reseller tax id. |
| Service. | | | | - Reseller certificate. |
| - Reseller Permit Assign by the state. | | | | - Certificate of authority. |
| - Employers Identification Number is used to hire | | | | - Sales tax Identification number. |
| employees. | | | | - State tax ID number |
| - Certificate of Authority is used to collect sales tax | | | | A state tax on the end-purchase of a good and |
| from your clients. | | | | provision of services including internet sales. Normally |
| - "FEIN" is used to file business taxes. | | | | sales tax is levied on 'tangible personal property'; it has |
| - Sales and Use Tax Number is used to file Sales | | | | to be movable. Intangible property (e.g. stocks and |
| Taxes. | | | | bonds) are excluded. Sales taxes can be applied to |
| - Employers Identification Number can be requested to | | | | tangible goods like food (in some states), clothing, cars, |
| IRS to cancel. | | | | furniture, household items, and other goods. By |
| - State ID can we cancelled by filing final sales tax | | | | comparison, the state tax does not generally apply to |
| return. | | | | landscaping services, attorney fees, private school |
| - State Tax Identification Number is also known as | | | | tuition, stocks and bonds, real estate investments, and |
| Certificate of Authority, Reseller Permit, Sales and Use | | | | other purchases more typically made by higher-income |
| Tax Number. | | | | families. |
| - Excise business Tax and Taxpayer ID Number. | | | | A seller has to charge state tax if it has 'nexus' where |
| - "EIN" also known as Federal Employer Identification | | | | it is located. Nexus, or physical presence, is established |
| Number. | | | | if a business maintains a temporary or permanent |
| A sales tax exemption certificate is a legal document | | | | presence of people (employees, service people or |
| issued by the state. This certificate of authority gives | | | | independent sales/service agents) or property |
| your business the authority to collect the required sales | | | | (inventory, offices, warehouses) in a given locality. |
| and use taxes, and to issue appropriate reseller permit | | | | There is no over-arching definition of nexus, so each |
| exemption documents, including resale certificates used | | | | taxing locality may define it differently - and many do, |
| for purchasing inventory. | | | | leading to endless problems for businesses which have |
| Other names: Sales tax id number also known as: | | | | operations in multiple states. |