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Tax-free purchasing in the United States
Our Miami warehouse is an address certified by the State of Florida. When your supplier ships goods there for export, they can sell to you without charging sales tax.
What it means for your company
If you buy from a supplier in Florida and receive the goods within the state, the seller adds sales tax to the invoice. When that same purchase is delivered to a certified forwarding agent for export, the seller can invoice without that tax.
The savings are yours: they show on your supplier's invoice. Columbia provides the certified address, receives the goods and exports them.
Conditions
- The goods are shipped to 4320 NW 72nd Ave, Miami, FL 33166.
- The goods leave the United States.
- Your supplier agrees to apply the exemption with the certificate.
Certified address
Columbia International Transport Inc
4320 NW 72nd Ave
Miami, FL 33166
Florida Certificate of Forwarding Agent Address, issued by the Florida Department of Revenue.
Request my certificateHow to use it, step by step
You request the certificate
Contact us and we will send you a copy for your supplier.
You buy using our address
You give Columbia's warehouse as the delivery address.
Your supplier invoices without sales tax
With the certificate in hand, they can sell without charging sales tax.
We receive and export
The cargo arrives in Miami and leaves for destination by the mode you choose.
Ready-to-send message for your supplier
Copy this text and send it along with the copy of the certificate.
Hello, we are purchasing these goods for export outside the United States. Please ship the order to our freight forwarder, Columbia International Transport Inc, 4320 NW 72nd Ave, Miami, FL 33166. This is a certified forwarding agent address under a Florida Certificate of Forwarding Agent Address issued by the Florida Department of Revenue. A copy of the certificate is attached. Please confirm that Florida sales tax will not be charged on this order.This page is for information only and is not tax advice. Whether the exemption applies depends on each seller and on the goods being exported.
Request your certificate to buy tax-free.
Tell us what you are buying and from which supplier. We will send you the certificate and coordinate receiving in Miami.
- Address certified by the State of Florida.
- Ready-to-send message for your supplier.
- We receive your purchase in Miami and export it.
Frequently asked questions
Which tax is it and why can I avoid it?
It is the sales tax charged by the State of Florida. Florida law allows a seller not to charge it when the goods are delivered to a forwarding agent with a certified address and exported outside the United States.
Are the savings automatic?
No. Your supplier must agree to apply the exemption. To do that, you send them the copy of our certificate and use our warehouse as the delivery address.
Does it apply to any purchase?
It applies to goods shipped to our certified address that leave the country. If the goods stay in the United States, the tax applies.
How does my supplier verify that the address is certified?
With the copy of the certificate we send, or by checking the Florida Department of Revenue's public list of certified forwarding agents.