# AFFARS IG5329

Informational Guidance

IG5329
Taxes

January 2004

IG5329.202 Exemption Certificates For Federal Excise Taxes

(a) Prepare exemption certificates in accordance with the requirements of the Federal taxing district.

(b) Exemption certificates may be issued on an individual or blanket basis.

(c) Blanket exemption certificates are prepared when it is impractical to prepare individual certificates. An example of when a blanket certificate is warranted is when numerous orders will be placed with a single contractor over a given period of time.

(1) Blanket exemption certificates will ordinarily be for a period not to exceed 12 months.

(2) In certain situations, the term of a blanket exemption certificate can exceed 12 months, as long as it is concurrent with the term of the contract.

(d) You will be requested to provide the following information when preparing the certificate:

(1) Number of the exemption certificate.
(2) Name of the contractor to whom the exemption certificate was issued.
(3) Contract number.
(4) Description of supplies covered by the exemption certificate.
(5) Quantity of items covered.
(6) Price of items covered.
(7) Period covered by the exemption certificate, if applicable.

(e) The exemption certificate should be kept in the contract files.

(f) Exemption certificates are dispositioned along with the contract file.

IG5329.302 State and Local Taxes

(a) Prepare an SF1094, U.S. Tax Exemption Certificate, if you are unable to exclude state or local taxes from the contract price. U.S. Tax Exemption Forms can only be obtained from the Federal Supply Service because they are accountable forms.

(b) Forward the prepared SF1094, along with a written statement of the facts, to the cognizant accounting and finance office in order to obtain a refund of the state or local tax.

(c) Include the serial number of the tax exemption form on all payment vouchers submitted to the accounting and finance office.