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                                                                                                        Sales and Use Tax Exemption Certificate
                                                      149

 Caution to seller: In order for the certificate to be accepted in good faith by the seller, the seller must exercise care that the property being sold is exempt.
                                                                                                Name                                                                                        Missouri Tax I.D. Number  
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                                                                                                Contact Person                               Doing Business As Name (DBA)                   SSN/FEIN
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                                                                                                Address                                      City                                           State                           ZIP Code
                                                Purchaser                                       Describe product or services purchased exempt from tax                                      Telephone Number
                                                                                                                                                                                            (___ ___ ___) ___ ___ ___-___ ___ ___ ___
                                                                                                Type of business

                                                                                                Name                                                                                        Telephone Number                 
                                                                                                                                                                                            (___ ___ ___) ___ ___ ___-___ ___ ___ ___
                                                                                                Contact Person                                                        Doing Business As Name (DBA) 
                                                Seller
                                                                                                Address                                      City                                           State                           ZIP Code

                                                                                                 r Purchases of Tangible Personal Property for resale: Retailer’s State Tax ID Number ______________________ Home State ___________
                                                                                                   (Missouri Retailers must have a Missouri Tax I.D. Number)
                                                                                                 r Purchases of Taxable Services for resale (see list of taxable services in instructions)  Retailer’s Missouri Tax I.D. Number _____________. 
                                                                                                   (Resale certificate cannot be taken by seller in good faith unless the purchaser is registered in Missouri)
                                                                                                 r Purchases by Manufacturer or Wholesaler for Wholesale:  Home State: ___________  (Missouri Tax I.D. Number may not be required)
                                                                           Sales or Use Tax      r Purchases by Motor Vehicle Dealer:  Missouri Dealer License Number ____________________________  (Only for items that will be used  
                                                                                                   on vehicles being resold) (An Exemption Certificate for Tire and Lead-Acid Battery Fee (Form 149T) is required for tire and battery fees)
                        Resale - Exclusion From 

                                                                                                                                  These are exempt from state and local sales and use tax.
                                                                                                 r Ingredient or Component Part   r Manufacturing Machinery, Equipment, and Parts            r Material Recovery Processing
                                                                                                 r Plant Expansion                r Research and Development of Agricultural Biotechnology Products and Plant Genomics Products   
                                                      Manufacturing                                                                      and Prescription Pharmaceuticals
                                                                          Section 144.030, RSMo.
                                                                                                 Prior to January 1, 2023, the manufacturing exemptions under Section  144.054, RSMo are exempt from state sales and use tax and 
                                                                                                 local use tax, but not local sales tax. The seller must collect and report local sales taxes imposed by political subdivisions. As of January 
                                                                                                 1, 2023, the manufacturing exemptions under Section 144.054, RSMo. apply to state sales and use tax and local sales and use tax.

                                                                                                 r Manufacturing Chemicals and Materials     r Machinery and Equipment Used or Consumed in Manufacturing
                                                                                                 r Materials, Chemicals, Machinery, and Equipment Used or Consumed in Material Recovery Processing Plant   r Research and Development
                                                      Manufacturing                              r Utilities or Energy and Water Used or Consumed in Manufacturing (Must complete below) 
                                                                          Section 144.054, RSMo.       Purchaser’s Manufacturing Percentage __________ %      Purchaser’s Square Footage ______________

                                                                                                r Agricultural  r Common Carrier           r Locomotive Fuel          r Air and Water Pollution Control, Machinery, Equipment, 
                                                                                                                    Indicate USDOT or MC#:                               Appliances and Devices
                                                                    Other                       r Commercial Motor Vehicles or Trailers Greater than 54,000           r Other
                                                                                                  Pounds (Note: Vehicle must be registered as the identified purchaser
                                                                                                   or DBA as above.)
                                                                                                Under penalties of perjury, I declare that the above information and any attached supplement is true, complete, and correct.
                                                                                                Signature (Purchaser or Purchaser’s Agent)             Title                                                  Date (MM/DD/YYYY)
                                                Signature                                                                                                                                                     __ __ /__ __ /__ __ __ __
 If you have questions, please contact the Department of Revenue at:                                                                                                                                                        Form 149 (Revised 12-2022)
 Phone: (573) 751-2836                                                                                              E-mail: salestaxexemptions@dor.mo.gov
 TTY: (800) 735-2966                                                                                                Visit dor.mo.gov/taxation/business/tax-types/sales-use/exemptions.php for additional information. 
 Fax: (573) 522-1666
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Sales or Use Tax Exemption Certificate (Form 149) Instructions
Select the appropriate box for the type of exemption to be claimed and complete any additional information requested. 
•  Purchases of Tangible Personal Property for resale:  Retailers that are purchasing tangible personal property for resale purposes are exempt 
  from sales or use tax. 
  The purchaser’s state tax ID number can be found on the Missouri Retail License or out of state registration for retail sales. 
•  Purchases of Taxable Services for resale: Purchasers for resale must have a Missouri retail license in order to claim resale of taxable services 
  in Missouri. A taxable service includes sales of restaurants, hotels, motels, places of amusement, recreation, entertainment, games and athletic 
  events not at arms length, and sales of telecommunications and utilities (see Section 144.018, RSMo). 
•  Purchases by Manufacturer or Wholesaler for Wholesale:  A Missouri Tax I.D. Number is not required to claim this exclusion. 
Sales or Use Tax •  Purchaser’s Home State:  Provide the state in which purchaser is located and registered. 
Resale - Exclusion From •  Purchases by Motor Vehicle Dealer:  A motor vehicle dealer who is purchasing items for the repair of a vehicle being resold is exempt from sales 
  or use tax. The dealer’s license is issued by the Missouri Motor Vehicle Bureau or by the out of state registration authority that issues such licenses.
Check the appropriate box for the type of exemption to be claimed. All items selected in this section are exempt from state sales and use tax and 
local sales and use tax under Section 144.030, RSMo. 
•  Ingredient or Component Parts:  This exemption includes materials, manufactured goods, machinery, and parts that become a part of the final 
  product. To qualify, the product must ultimately be subject to sales or use tax, or its equivalent, in Missouri or other states. 
Manufacturing Machinery, Equipment and Parts:  This exemption includes only machinery and equipment and their parts that are used directly 
  in manufacturing a product.  To qualify, the product must ultimately be subject to sales or use tax, or its equivalent, in Missouri or other states. 
•  Material Recovery Processing:  This exemption includes machinery and equipment used to establish new or to replace existing material 
  recovery processing plants. See Sections 144.030.2(5) and (32), RSMo, for a definition of, and exemptions for, material recovery processing. 
•  Plant Expansion:  This exemption includes machinery, equipment, and parts and the materials and supplies solely required for installing or 
  constructing the machinery and equipment, used to establish new or to expand existing Missouri manufacturing, mining, or fabricating plants. 
Manufacturing -    To qualify, the machinery must be used directly in manufacturing, mining or fabricating a product that is ultimately subject to sales or use tax, 
  or its equivalent, in Missouri or other states. 
Chapter 144.030, RSMo. •  Research and Development of Agricultural Biotechnology Products and Plant Genomics Products and Prescription Pharmaceuticals:  This 
  exemption is specifically authorized in Section 144.030.2(34), RSMo, and exempts any tangible personal property used or consumed directly or 
  exclusively in research and development of agricultural, biotechnology, and plant genomics products and prescription pharmaceuticals consumed 
  by humans or animals. 
Check the appropriate box for the type of exemption to be claimed according to Section 144.054, RSMo. Prior to January 1, 2023, the manufacturing 
exemptions under Section144.054, RSMo, are exempt from state sales and use tax and local use tax, but not local sales tax. As of January 1, 2023, 
the manufacturing exemptions under Section 144.054, RSMo. apply to state sales and use tax and local sales and use tax. Section 144.054, RSMo, 
exempts electrical energy and gas (natural, artificial and propane), water, coal, energy sources, chemicals, machinery, equipment and materials used 
or consumed in manufacturing, processing, compounding, mining  or producing any product. These same items are exempt if used or consumed in 
processing recovered materials. To qualify for this exemption, the item must be used or consumed and does not have the same requirement of direct use 
that is required in Section 144.030, RSMo. Additionally, the manufactured product is not required to be ultimately subject to tax. 
•  Research and Development:  Check this box if the exemption is for the research and development related to manufacturing, processing, 
  compounding or producing a product. 
•  Manufacturing Chemicals and Materials:  Check this box if the exemption is for chemicals or materials used or consumed in manufacturing, 
  processing, compounding or producing a product. 
•  Machinery and Equipment Used or Consumed in Manufacturing:  Check this box if the exemption is for machinery or equipment used or 
  consumed in manufacturing, processing, compounding or producing a product. To qualify, the product must ultimately be subject to sales or   
  use tax, or its equivalent, in Missouri or other states. 
Materials, Chemicals, Machinery, and Equipment Used or Consumed in Material Recovery Processing Plant: Check this box if the exemption is 
  for material recovery processing. This exemption includes machinery and equipment used to establish new or to replace existing material recovery  
  processing plants. See Sections 144.030.2(4), (12),  and (31), RSMo, for a definition of, and exemptions for, material recovery processing.  
•  Utilities or Energy and Water Used or Consumed in Manufacturing:  If claiming utilities (electrical energy, gas or water), record account numbers, 
Manufacturing - Section 144.054, RSMo.   meter numbers, or other information as required by the vendor. All purchasers who are claiming an exemption for energy use must provide the 
  amount of energy use which is related to manufacturing in the space provided and also select the method by which this percentage was obtained. 

•  Agricultural:  Farm machinery and equipment are exempt from tax if used for any agricultural purposes, used on land owned or leased 
  for the purpose of producing farm products, and used directly in the production of farm products to be ultimately sold at retail. The sale of 
  grains to be converted into foodstuffs or seed, and limestone, fertilizer, and herbicides used in connection with the growth or production of 
  crops, livestock or poultry is exempt from tax. The sale of livestock, animals or poultry used for breeding or feeding purposes, feed for 
  livestock or poultry, feed additives, medications or vaccines administered to livestock or poultry in the production of food or fiber, and sales of 
  pesticides and herbicides used in the production of aquaculture, livestock or poultry are exempt from tax. All sales of fencing materials used 
  for agricultural purposes and the purchase of motor fuel are exempt from tax. Effective January 1, 2023, all sales of new and used utility  
  vehicles used for any agricultural purposes and is a motorized vehicle manufactured and used exclusively for off-highway use that is more    
  than fifty (50) inches but not more than eighty (80) inches in width, has a dry weight of three thousand five hundred (3,500) pounds or less, and  
  travels on four or six wheels. 
•  Common Carrier:  Materials, replacement parts and equipment purchased for use directly upon, and for the repair and maintenance or 
  manufacture of, motor vehicles, watercraft, railroad rolling stock or aircraft engaged as common carriers of persons or property. See 
Other   Section 144.030.2(3), RSMo.  Attach completed Form 5095. 
•  Locomotive Fuel:  Fuel purchased for use in a locomotive that is a common carrier is exempt from sales and use tax. 
Air and Water Pollution Control Machinery, Equipment, Appliances and Devices:  Machinery, equipment, appliances and devices purchased 
  or leased and used solely for the purpose of preventing, abating or monitoring water and air pollution, and materials and supplies solely 
  required for the installation, construction or reconstruction of such machinery, equipment, appliances and devices. See Sections 
  144.030.2(15) and (16), RSMo. 
Commercial Motor Vehicles or Trailers Greater Than 54,000 Pounds:  Motor vehicles registered for and capable of pulling in excess of 54,000 
  pounds and their trailers actually used in the normal course of business to haul property on the public highways of the state are exempt from 
  tax. The purchase of materials, replacement parts, and equipment used directly on, for the repair of and maintenance or manufacture of these 
  vehicles is also exempt.  See Section 144.030.2(4), RSMo. 
•  Other:  Exemptions not listed on this sheet, but are provided by statute. Provide explanation of exemption being claimed. See Chapter 144 of 
  the Missouri Revised Statutes for exemption revisor.mo.gov/main/OneChapter.aspx?chapter=144. Form 149 (Revised 12-2022)






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