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Sales tax exempt organizations by U.S. jurisdiction

If you鈥檙e a U.S. organizer exempt from state, county, and/or local sales tax, you may qualify to have sales tax waived in jurisdictions where 91制片厂 facilitates the collection of sales tax. The tax exemption process varies depending on your event location. Please send documentation for all jurisdictions listed below where you are hosting events鈥攏ot your federal documentation. If your event is in a jurisdiction not listed below, 91制片厂 is not facilitating the collection of tax in that jurisdiction and you do not need to send us any documentation.

In this article

  • Arizona

  • District of Columbia & Chicago, Illinois

  • Hawaii

  • Idaho & Iowa

  • Kentucky

  • Nebraska

  • New Jersey

  • New Mexico

  • New York

  • Rhode Island

  • Texas

  • Vermont

  • Washington

  • West Virginia

  • Wyoming

罢滨笔:听If you are sending tax exemption documentation to tax-nonprofitorg@eventbrite.com, your email must come from the email address of the main 91制片厂 account holder in order for us to verify your identity.

狈翱罢贰:听Make sure you complete your听听to reflect your status by selecting 鈥淚 am an Exempt Payee or U.S. Nonprofit Organization.鈥

Arizona

Generally, and with very limited exceptions, Arizona doesn鈥檛 provide an overall exemption from Transaction Privilege Tax (鈥淭PT鈥). If you believe you鈥檙e exempt under Arizona Statute, please provide the below documents to tax-nonprofitorg@eventbrite.com:

  1. Completed Transaction Privilege Tax Exemption Certificate

  2. IRS Determination Letter

For more information on state specific tax exemptions, please reference the .

District of Columbia & Chicago, Illinois

When you set up your event, you鈥檒l have to answer a couple brief questions in Tax Settings.听

District of Columbia

Tax won鈥檛 be charged to you or the attendee if you鈥檙e a non-profit organization or your event is a live performance of ballet, dance, choral performance, concert, play, opera or an exhibition of paintings, sculpture, photography, graphic or crafts.

Chicago, Illinois

Tax won鈥檛 be charged to you or the attendee if your event is not taxable or otherwise tax exempt.

NOTE: 91制片厂 may request supporting documents to verify your answer(s). You鈥檙e responsible for providing supporting documents when requested.

Hawaii

Sales to tax-exempt customers are subject to the Hawaii General Excise Tax (鈥淕ET鈥). There are no GET exemptions based on a customer鈥檚 tax-exempt status. Please don鈥檛 send any documents.

For more information on state specific tax exemptions, please reference the .

Idaho & Iowa

When you set up your event, you鈥檒l have to answer a couple brief questions in Tax Settings.听

Idaho

Tax won鈥檛 be charged to you or the attendee if you鈥檙e a non-profit organization and the event is not predominantly for recreational or commercial purposes.

Iowa

Tax won鈥檛 be charged to you or the attendee if you鈥檙e an elementary/secondary educational institution, charitable organization or otherwise tax exempt.

NOTE: 91制片厂 may request supporting documents to verify your answer(s). You鈥檙e responsible for providing supporting documents when requested.

Kentucky

When you set up your event, you鈥檒l have to answer a couple brief questions in Tax Settings. Tax won鈥檛 be charged to you or the attendee if you鈥檙e a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization or if your event is for admission to a fishing tournament, a race track, or a historical site (as determined by the U.S. Department of Interior in the ).

NOTE: 91制片厂 may request supporting documents to verify your answer(s). You are responsible for providing supporting documents when requested.

Nebraska

When you set up your event, you鈥檒l have to answer a couple brief questions in Tax Settings.听

Tax won鈥檛 be charged to you or the attendee if you鈥檙e a non-profit organization, public or private elementary or secondary school, or the sales from your event is not taxable or otherwise tax exempt under one of the Nebraska exemptions listed .听

For more information on state specific tax exemptions, please reference the Nebraska Department of Revenue website.

NOTE: 91制片厂 may request supporting documents to verify your answer(s). You are responsible for providing supporting documents when requested.

New Jersey

When you set up your event, you鈥檒l have to answer a couple brief questions in Tax Settings. Tax won鈥檛 be charged to you or the attendee if you鈥檙e a non-profit, exempt organizer, and/or an elementary or secondary school.

NOTE: 91制片厂 may request supporting documents to verify your answers. You are responsible for providing supporting documents when requested.

New Mexico

When you set up your event, you鈥檒l have to answer a couple brief questions in Tax Settings. Tax won鈥檛 be charged to you or the attendee if you鈥檙e a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, a state or federal government, an Indian nation or tribe, or a foreign government exempt from tax pursuant to a treaty with the U.S. government.

NOTE: 91制片厂 may request supporting documents to verify your answer(s). You are responsible for providing supporting documents when requested.

New York

New York grants non-profit organizations a sales tax exemption if the non-profit provides the appropriate certification. To exempt your account, please provide the following to tax-nonprofitorg@eventbrite.com:听

  1. Completed Exempt Purchase Certificate (Form ST-119.1)

  2. IRS Determination Letter

For more information on state specific tax exemptions, please reference the .

Rhode Island

When you set up your event, you鈥檒l have to answer a couple brief questions in Tax Settings. Tax won鈥檛 be charged to you or the attendee if you are selling admissions to your event and the charge doesn鈥檛 include providing food, meals and/or drinks.

NOTE: 91制片厂 may request supporting documents to verify your answer(s). You are responsible for providing supporting documents when requested.

Texas

If you鈥檙e classified as exempt in Texas, you may provide the appropriate certification. To exempt your account, please provide the following to tax-nonprofitorg@eventbrite.com:

  1. Completed Texas Sales and Use Tax Exemption Certification (Form 01-339 (back))

  2. IRS Determination Letter

For more information on state specific tax exemptions, please reference the .

Vermont

When you set up your event, you鈥檒l have to answer a couple brief questions in Tax Settings. Tax won鈥檛 be charged to you or the attendee if you鈥檙e a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that made less than $100,000 in gross sales of admissions in Vermont during the prior calendar year or if your event is for a class or instruction in athletics or recreation.

NOTE: 91制片厂 may request supporting documents to verify your answer(s). You are responsible for providing supporting documents when requested.

Washington

Generally, and with very limited exceptions, the State of Washington does not provide a sales tax exemption. If you believe you are exempt please send the below documents to tax-nonprofitorg@eventbrite.com:

  1. Completed Buyers鈥 Retail Sales Tax Exemption Certificate

  2. IRS Determination Letter

For more information on state specific tax exemption, please reference the .

West Virginia

When you set up your event, you鈥檒l have to answer a couple brief questions in Tax Settings. Tax won鈥檛 be charged to you or the attendee if you鈥檙e an elementary or secondary school.

NOTE: 91制片厂 may request supporting documents to verify your answer(s). You are responsible for providing supporting documents when requested.

Wyoming

When you set up your event, you鈥檒l have to answer a couple brief questions in Tax Settings. Tax won鈥檛 be charged to you or the attendee if you鈥檙e a county or municipality selling an admissions to a county/municipality recreational facility or a kindergarten through grade twelve public school in Wyoming.

NOTE: 91制片厂 may request supporting documents to verify your answer(s). You are responsible for providing supporting documents when requested.

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