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Tax Entity Exemption Certificates

Introduction
The Kansas Legislature requires the Department of Revenue to issue numbered exemption certificates to exempt entities and organizations. The tax-entity exemption application enables a qualified organization to apply for, update, and print a sales and use tax exemption certificate. The certificate is required to be presented by Kansas based entities to retailers to purchase goods and/or services tax exempt. Publication KS-1520, Sales Tax Exemption Information contains additional information on the use of exemption certificates. We have provided a list of qualified entities.

Who needs a certificate
To claim exempt status on purchases, the qualified entity and organization must be authorized by statute and provide to the retailer a department issued Tax Entity Exemption Certificate. The certificate must be completed and signed by an authorized agent of the organization and presented to the sellor. Only the organization check, credit card or invoiced charges to the organization are eligible for exemption. Purchases made by cash, personal checks or personal credit cards are not exempt.

Who doesn't get a numbered exemption certificate
Numbered exemption certificates are not being used for sales of resale transactions, agricultural exemptions, manufacturing machinery, equipment or consumed in production transactions. Also, agencies and instrumentalites of the federal government are not issued a numbered certificate. For these transactions there are no changes to the existing process or certificates. The business certificates are located in Publication KS-1520, Sales Tax Exemption Information.

Update, Print, Cancel Certificates
Once a certificate has been issued, there is the ability to update contact and address information, print and save copies of the certificate or cancel the certificate if the organization ceases to exist.

Applying for a certificate
To apply for an entity exemption certificate is a two-step process. First you will be directed to KsWebTax to log into the system. If you do not have a KsWebTax account, register by providing some basic information and create your own User ID and Password. Some of the information provided will be used in the exemption certificate application. After logging in to the KsWebTax site, you will be forwarded to the certificate page.

Accessing a certificate already issued
You can also access a certificate that has been issued to the entity. To access the certificate, you will need the Kansas Exemption Number and the PIN that was on the cover letter mailed with the certificate. After logging into KsWebTax, you will be forwarded to the certificate page.

Additional Information
For additional information on the entities and organizations that qualify for exempt status or other information on the exemption certificates contact the Office of Policy and Research at (785) 296-3081 or exemptcert@kdor.state.ks.us.

Listing of entities and organizations qualified for sales tax exemption status (Entity or Organizations and Statute Cite):

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