Getting Started with Your Market America Unfranchise Business:

New York State Sales Tax Vendor Information:

Market America must charge us sales tax unless they have a copy of our NYS Certificate of Authority to Collect Sales Tax form on file. Directions on how to apply for a NYS Sales Tax form are below. It takes NYS 2-3 weeks to process the requests, so step 1 is something people should do immediately upon registration (or even during the trail run) .



Here are instructions that I put together for the NYS sales tax forms:

 1. There's three forms that you need to fax into Corporate.  The first is a NY State Certificate of Authority to Collect Sales Tax
If you would like to do the form online, the form can be found here: http://www.nys-permits.org
- Select Online Applications on the left.
- Select Taxation and Finance, Department of
- Select Certificate of Authority to Collect Sales Tax

Here are the most common answers to the OPAL form questions.  Many people answer these questions differently then the answers below.  Read the form in its entirety and answer the questions accordingly.  Consult your accountant for clarification.
1) Individual (even if husband & wife)
2) Starting New
3) <name>
4) <blank>
5) <blank> of <FEIN if you have one>
6) <address>
7) <phone>
8) <fax> or <blank>
9) <email> or <blank>
10) <mailing address> or <blank>
11) No
12) <your bookkeeper info> or <blank>
13) <date>
14) <blank>
15) No
16) No
17) No
18) No
19a-m) No
19n-s) <blank> or No
20) Market America product sales including health and nutrition products, beauty products, web sites and other miscellaneous products.
21a) 1) Retail Trade
        2) Nonstore Retailers
        3) 454390 ...including non-food peddlers...
21b) <blank>
22) <your info>  Titles I typically use are President & Vice President
23) <blank>


If you complete this step properly you'll get an OPAL ID.  If you do NOT get an OPAL ID, something is wrong.

2.        In 2-3 weeks you should receive your NY State Sales Tax Reseller Certificate.  At that point click on the following link http://www.tax.state.ny.us  

On the NYS tax site search for ST120.
On the ST120 form, the sellers name should be: Market America Inc., 1302 Pleasant Ridge Road, Greensboro, NC  27409
(People outside of NY need to find the appropriate sales tax form. Simply search for <put your state here> State Resale Certificate on Google.)
3.        The last form needed can be found at www.unfranchise.com under Downloads, Administration, Sales Tax Agreement.
4.        Fax your Sales Tax Certificate, your completed State Resale Certificate and your completed Market America Sales Tax Agreement into Corporate at 336-605-0041.

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