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Verify a sales or meals tax certificate
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What you need for Verify a sales or meals tax certificate
If your business has received a Form ST-4 from a potential buyer, you can find out if that buyer is registered with the Massachusetts Department of Revenue to collect sales or meals tax.
Please note: A Certificate Form ST-1 or MT-1 does not serve as a substitute for the Form ST-4.
Go to MassTaxConnect.
You will be asked to provide the following:
- ID Type: This is what the buyer has filled out on the Form ST-4. It will either be a:
- Federal ID number
- Meals Tax Account ID number or
- Sales Tax Account ID number
- Seller's ID: This is decided by what ID the buyer submitted on their Form ST-4. If the buyer submitted their FEIN, you fill in your FEIN. If the buyer submitted their meals or sales ID, then you (the seller) fill out your meals or sales ID.
- Buyer's ID: This is either the FEIN, meals or sales tax ID number from the business who presented the Form ST-4.
You will receive a reply from MassTaxConnect immediately.
For further information about the use of resale certificates, see 830 CMR 64H.8.1: Resale and Exempt Use Certificates.
How to view Verify a sales or meals tax certificate
Go to MassTaxConnect.
You will be asked to provide the following:
- ID Type: This is what the buyer has filled out on the Form ST-4. It will either be a:
- Federal ID number
- Meals Tax Account ID number or
- Sales Tax Account ID number
- Seller's ID: This is decided by what ID the seller submitted on their Form ST-4. If the seller submitted their FEIN, you fill in your FEIN. If the buyer submitted their meals or sales ID, then you fill out your meals or sales ID.
- Buyer's ID: This is either the FEIN, meals or sales tax ID number from the business who presented the Form ST-4.
You will receive a reply from MassTaxConnect immediately.
For further information about the use of resale certificates, see 830 CMR 64H.8.1 Resale and Exempt Use Certificates.
Contact for Verify a sales or meals tax certificate
Phone
9 a.m.–4 p.m., Monday through Friday