Estimated sales tax on your order
Sales tax is charged in all U.S. state jurisdictions. If you're exempt from sales tax, submit state-required documents to add to your account.
Sales tax calculates based on several criteria:
- Destination address
- Type of product
- Identity of the buyer
- If your purchase is for educational purposes in these states: AZ, CT, KY, MN, MS, MO, NJ, NV, NY, ND, SC, VA, and WV.
note
The estimated sales tax calculated may differ from the final sales tax charges. Sales tax calculates using the total selling price that includes item-level shipping and handling charges, discounts, and an allocation of order-level shipping/handling charges and discounts.
Exempt from sales tax
To be exempt from sales tax, send us a copy of your sales tax-exempt certificate or form. For example, New Jersey law requires completion of the ST-16 form for tax-exempt purchases for educational purposes.
Note that our tax exemption team requires two tax exemption certificates to be on file. The first exemption certificate should be issued to seller/vendor named as "West Publishing Corporation" and the second exemption certificate should be issued to seller/vendor name as "Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH."
If you are a government agency (Federal, State and Local) or a publicly funded educational institution then no "Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH" exemption certificate is required. The seller/vendor name on the tax exemption certificate should be entered as "West Publishing Corporation" or "West Publishing Corp, a Thomson Reuters business."
Use this form to send us your documentation.
Refunds for sales tax
If proper documents have been submitted to us for a sales tax-exempt status, use this form to ask for a refund for sales tax charged to your account.