Sales Tax

Tax Exempt Customers

If you’re a tax-exempt customer, please provide a copy of your tax exemption certificate with your first order.

1. Please email your certificate to:

Attn: Accounts Receivable

customerservice@smartstartheadstart.com and reference your order confirmation number. Or mail your certificate to:
 

Smart Start Head Start

Attn: Accounts Receivable

19 Woodbine Street, APT L1, 

Brooklyn, NY 11221

2. You may submit your tax exempt certificate up to 60 days after placing an order. Pending approval, credits will be issued to the credit card provided within 2 weeks. If you have already submitted your certificate and tax is calculating in your current order, please call 1-718-455-1515. If you have created a new online account, your tax exemption status will not be calculated. 

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Sales Tax
If you live in one of the following states, sales tax will be calculated based upon your shipping zip code and added to your order during the ordering process.
Note: Additional states, which are not currently listed, may be taxed.

States for which sales tax applies: 
Alabama
Arizona
*Arkansas
*California
Colorado
*Connecticut
*Florida
*Georgia
*Hawaii
*Illinois
Iowa
*Kansas
Idaho
*Indiana
*Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
*Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
*Mississippi
Missouri
*Nebraska
*New Jersey
*New York
*Nevada
*New Mexico
*North Carolina
North Dakota
*Ohio
Oklahoma
*Pennsylvania
*Rhode Island 
*South Carolina
*South Dakota 
*Tennessee 
*Texas
Utah
*Vermont 
*Virginia
*Washington
*Washington, DC
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

* Shipping and Handling charges are taxable for the states identified above. If the ship-to address is in a state where sales tax applies on Products only, the additional surcharge amount is exempt from sales tax.

If the ship-to address is in a state where sales tax applies to Shipping & Handling charges in addition to Products, the additional surcharge amount will be included in the calculation for sales tax. 

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