The Washington State Legislature has passed a law, going into effect January 1, 2010, governing the possible exemption from sales tax collection for your purchases from Salon Services & Supplies, Inc. (and other distribution companies). Under current Washington law, if you have a Reseller Certificate with a State-issued 9 digit UBI (Unified Business Identifier) Number you have been able to obtain an exemption from paying sales tax on purchases for resale to your customers when you present a copy of this certificate to the seller.

Starting January 1, 2010, you will only be able to receive this sales tax exemption from the seller if you have the new State-issued Reseller Permit with a Permit Number (a new 9 character code typically starting with a letter followed by 8 numbers). By law (and subject to fines and penalties), no seller will be allowed to provide the buyer with a sales tax exemption if they do not have a physical copy of your new Reseller Permit on file – regardless of whether or not they previously had your Reseller Certificate and UBI number.

As a service to our State of Washington customers, we are providing this reminder so you can obtain your new Reseller Permit from the State (if you haven’t already done so) and forward a copy of it to the attention of our Accounting Department at the address below. We encourage you to take care of this as soon as possible to avoid any sales tax concerns starting the first of New Year. (Permits are already being issued by the State, so it’s not too early to follow-up on this new requirement.)

We are not able to provide you with any specific tax information, but you can read about this new requirement on the State of Washington Department of Revenue website at www.dor.wa.gov.

Thank you in advance, for sending us a copy of your new Reseller Permit so we can continue to correctly process and price your orders, and thank you for your continued support as one of our valued customers.

You can get your Reseller Permit to us in three easy ways:

1. Mail to: Salon Services & Supplies 740 SW 34th St., Renton, WA 98057 Attn: Accounting Dept.

2. Fax a copy to: 425-251-8846, attn: Accounting Deptartment

3. Email a copy to gsimon@salonservicesnw.com

Sincerely,
Chriss J. Gigliotti
Chief Operating Officer