Provide the supplier with the NC Sales and Use Tax Vendor Exemption Letter.
However, most suppliers will also issue their internal tax-exempt number for cardholders to use once the tax-exempt form has been provided to them.
The University Controller’s Office, Sales and Use Tax website maintains a list of tax-exempt numbers for a selection of company suppliers (Food Lion, Staples, Dollar General, Lowe’s Hardware, Home Depot, Office Depot/Office Max, Wal-Mart), and other states’ exemption numbers for sales and use tax purchases.
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NC State University’s Exemption from Sales and Use Tax in North Carolina