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<section article="gtg" article_name="Tax - General" number="11-408" title_number="11" title_name="Sales and Use Tax" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Tax Collection">
  <level label="a">
    <text>If a buyer is required under Subtitle 2 of this title or by regulation to provide a vendor with evidence of an exemption, the vendor may not recognize the exemption unless the buyer, before the sale is consummated, provides the vendor with:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>evidence that the buyer has an exemption certificate; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the evidence that the Comptroller requires by regulation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, the duty of a vendor to collect the sales and use tax from a buyer is waived if the buyer provides the vendor with a signed resale certificate that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is in the form that the Comptroller requires by regulation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>states the name and address of the buyer;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <level label="1">
          <text>provides the Maryland sales and use tax registration number of the buyer; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>for the sale of an antique or used collectible, provides a sales and use tax registration number of another state and states that the buyer is an out–of–state vendor who does not engage in the business of an out–of–state vendor, as defined in § 11–701 of this title; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>contains a statement to the effect that the tangible personal property, digital code, digital product, or taxable service is bought for the purpose of resale.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>If a buyer provides a resale certificate with a sales and use tax registration number of another state as provided under paragraph (1)(iii)2 of this subsection, the buyer shall also provide a copy of a sales and use tax registration license issued to the buyer from that state.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>If a buyer is from a state without a sales and use tax, that buyer shall provide a copy of a trader’s license from that state or a comparable type of identification.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>A vendor may not accept a resale certificate if the vendor knows or should know that the sale is not for the purpose of resale.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A vendor may not accept a resale certificate for a cash, check, or credit card sale if:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the taxable price is less than $200; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the tangible personal property, digital code, digital product, or taxable service is not delivered by the vendor directly to the buyer’s retail place of business.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A vendor shall obtain a resale certificate from a buyer:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>before the sale is consummated; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>if the vendor receives a notice of the Comptroller’s intent to assess sales and use tax for failure to obtain a proper resale certificate, within 60 days after the date on which the notice is mailed.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>If the vendor fails to obtain the resale certificate as required, the Comptroller’s assessment under paragraph (4)(ii) of this subsection is final.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If the taxable price is less than $200 for a cash, check, or credit card sale or sale for use that is not a retail sale and the tangible personal property, digital code, digital product, or taxable service is not delivered by the vendor directly to the buyer’s retail place of business:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the sales and use tax shall be paid when the sale is made or when the use becomes taxable; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the buyer who pays the sales and use tax may file a claim for a refund with the Comptroller.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
