Due to recent changes in U.S. and state law, Nations Photo Lab is required to collect tax in most U.S. states. We have partnered with Avalara, the preeminent tax platform. We utilize their services to get the current and accurate tax rate for the state to which you are shipping your order to! If your organization is exempt from sales tax for any state, you can apply for a tax-exempt account for those states!
To start the process, please ensure the following documentation and items are available and completed before proceeding:
- Re-seller Certificate - Optional
- Sales Tax Exempt Card (e.g., charity, church, school) - Optional
- Please make sure that your Nations Photo Lab account name and the name on the exemption documentation match.
- Maryland-based organizations: Verify tax-exempt status with the Comptroller of Maryland.
Once these items are in place, please sign in to your Nations Photo Lab account. Once signed in, click My Account in the upper left corner of the website:
Before applying for tax exemption, you will want to be sure your account's name matches the name you are using on your tax exemption certificate! The certificate will not be approved/validated if the name does not match.
You also want to be sure to add your primary address and set it as the default address. To do so, click My Addresses in the left side menu on the My Account page:
Then, click +Add New Address to enter your primary address. Once you have filled all required fields, click Save Address. You will then see the address saved within this section. Once saved, click Make Default to set this address as the default address:
You will then see a checkmark next to the address that you have set as the default address:
Now that you have set a primary default address, you may begin submitting your tax-exempt information! Click Tax Exempt Status in the left side menu on the same My Account page. Then, click Add Tax Exemption:
You will then follow the prompts within the widget to submit your tax-exempt information and documentation. Once you file your registration with us, the approval process will generally take three business days. You will receive an email confirmation upon successfully submitting your tax-exempt information. However, you will want to return to the Tax-Exempt Status section on the My Account page to check your registration status following three business days.
During the approval process, you will see a status of 'Pending.' If your tax exemption status is approved, you will see a status of 'Complete.'
Once we have approved your tax exemption status, you may begin ordering from the website! However, please note that, by law, we must calculate taxes based on the state where the order will be shipped. Therefore, tax exemption is per state. If shipping to multiple states, you must apply for tax exemption for each state. However, below, you may download a multiple jurisdiction form that allows you to apply for tax exemption to several states at once.
Lastly, the tax fees charged are not a part of the order's subtotal. Therefore, taxes do not get factored in when calculating free Economy shipping.
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