Sales Tax Information
Golden Needle is required to collect sales tax in the orange highlighted states on the map below. The tax amount will be shown in your shopping cart and at checkout after you enter your shipping destination. If your purchase is exempt from sales tax (e.g., purchasing for resale), please see our instructions below for providing us with a properly completed exemption certificate.
Exemption Certificate Instructions
If your purchases from Golden Needle are exempt from sales tax (e.g. purchasing for resale), follow these steps to provide us with a properly completed Exemption Certificate:
SELECT: Select your state from the list below. If your state is not listed, we will not collect tax on your purchase.
COMPLETE: Download and complete the document displayed for your state.
SUBMIT: Email (info@goldenneedleonline.com) the completed document along with a copy of your exemption or resale certificate.
-We can not exempt you without both documents properly filled out. It will take up to 2 buisness days to process your exemption.
Georgia: Exemption Certificate
Hawaii: Resale Certificate
Maryland: Copy of Resale Certificate + This form
North Carolina: Exemption Certificate
South Carolina: Resale Certificate
Virginia: Exemption Certificate
Important Info: Please note that until we receive your proper documentation, we are obligated to collect sales tax on your orders. Unfortunately, sales tax refunds cannot be issued for orders placed before the receipt of your documentation, regardless of any previous exempt status.
It's important to understand that sales tax exemption only pertains to items intended for resale. Items not intended for resale to a patient are not exempt from sales tax collection by your state, even with a certificate.
Items from these categories are typically always taxable:
- Acupuncture & Specialty Needles
- Books, Charts, Brochures, Models & Music
- Clinical Supplies
- Electro/Ultrasound Therapy & Accessories
- Mineral & Heat Lamps
- Treatment Tables
- Table Paper, Gowns, Headrest Covers
- Lasers
- Massage & Bodyworks Tools
- Moxibustion
- Needle Disposal Containers
- Pellets, Seeds & Magnets
- Tuning Forks