What is the difference between Tax ID and Sales Tax Resale Number?
It depends on what state you’re in. As a generalization the tax ID most people think about for a business is the federal Employer Identification Number (EIN) that you get from IRS by filling out form SS-4. Usually the Sales Tax Resale Number is issued by your state’s tax agency. Here in Texas that agency is the Comptroller of Public Accounts. If you already have a federal EIN the state agency may use it with other numbers added to fit the state’s ID numbering program. If your state also has a state income tax there’s a good chance they’re also the ones who collect the state’s sales tax – check with them to find out how to get a Resale Permit.
