Form Dtf-950 - Certificate Of Sales Tax Exemption For Diplomatic Missions And Personnel

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New York State Department of Taxation and Finance
DTF-950
Certificate Of Sales Tax Exemption for
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Diplomatic Missions And Personnel
Single Purchase Certificate
Type or print
Name of cardholder
Tax exemption number
Mission of
Date of expiration
Name of vendor
Total amount of purchase
$
I hereby certify that I have been issued a mission tax exemption or personal tax exemption card authorized by the United States
Department of State or the American Institute in Taiwan. I am authorized to make purchases exempt from state and local sales
and use taxes subject to any restriction(s) listed on the card.
I have been issued the following exemption card
:
(mark an X in the appropriate box)
Buffalo image card — exempt from sales tax on official mission purchases, except for the following restrictions
(List the
:
restrictions that appear on the bottom of your card.)
Owl image card — exempt from sales tax on all official mission purchases
Deer image card — exempt from sales tax on personal purchases, except for the following restrictions
(List the restrictions
:
that appear on the bottom of your card.)
Eagle image card — exempt from sales tax on all personal purchases
American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) card
This form may not be used to make purchases of motor fuel or diesel motor fuel exempt from tax other than
non-highway diesel motor fuel.
Signature
Date of purchase
Note: This form must be signed in the presence of the vendor.
Instructions
other transactions, including sales of non-highway diesel motor fuel,
Note: Exemption cards containing colored stripes have been
get a separate single purchase certificate for each sale.
replaced by cards containing animal images. Vendors may no longer
accept cards containing colored stripes.
Record the date and the name, address, and tax exempt number
of the purchaser on the purchase invoice. Have the purchaser sign
Diplomatic missions and personnel
and date the certificate and invoice at the time of sale.
Enter the information exactly as it appears on the mission or
Verify the accuracy of the information on the certificate. Accept the
personal tax exemption card authorized by the U.S. Department of
certificate only if:
State or American Institute in Taiwan. Also, enter the vendor’s name
• the certificate is complete and accurate,
and amount of purchase.
• the amount of purchase (in total) exceeds the minimum level
Next, mark an X in the appropriate box indicating the animal image
shown,*
and exemption limitations shown on your card. If you marked the
buffalo or deer image card box, enter the limitations shown on the
• the exemption card has not expired,
card in the space provided above.
• the purchaser is the person in the picture (for eagle, deer, or AIT
Sign and date this certificate and the purchase invoice in the
cards), and
presence of the vendor at the time of purchase. Present your
• the purchaser is also the payer of record.**
exemption card for verification.
* Minimum levels do not apply to purchases of utilities covered under
For all transactions other than purchases of utilities, give the vendor
Tax Law section 1105(b).
a separate exemption certificate each time you make a purchase
** The purchaser cannot use cash or a personal credit card or check
(including the purchase of non-highway diesel motor fuel). For
when making purchases for a mission.
purchases of utilities, give only one certificate to each utility vendor.
You must retain each certificate for at least three years after the due
You may not use a mission tax exemption card (buffalo or owl
date of the return to which it relates, or the date the return is filed,
image) to make personal purchases exempt from tax.
if later, and maintain a method of associating the certificate on file
with the sale made.
Vendor
Substantial civil or criminal penalties, or both, will result from
If you provide utility services, you need only one exemption
misuse of this form.
certificate from the purchaser to cover all sales to that person. For

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