If you're a GitHub customer in the United States, you need to ensure that your account is set up to calculate sales tax correctly. If you're exempt from sales tax, you can upload a certificate to your account. The format of the certificate you upload must be one of the following:
- JPEG (
.jpg
,.jpeg
) - PNG (
.png
) - PDF (
.pdf
)
Your account is marked as tax exempt while your certificate is reviewed. If your certificate is not approved, you will need to upload a new one.
Adding a sales tax exemption certificate to your organization account
You can upload a sales tax exemption certificate to your organization account if your account uses the GitHub Customer Agreement.
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In the upper-right corner of any page on GitHub, click your profile photo, then click Settings.
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In the "Access" section of the sidebar, click Organizations.
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Next to the organization, click Settings.
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If you are an organization owner, in the "Access" section of the sidebar, click Billing and plans.
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At the top of the page, click Payment information.
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Review your "Billing information" and update any incorrect data. You must ensure that the address fields are correct and that the "City" and "Postal/Zip code" fields are accepted. If there is any missing information or any errors are reported, the option to upload a sales tax certificate is hidden.
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At the bottom of the page, next to "Sales Tax" in the "Additional information" section, click Upload certificate, and select the certificate file you want to upload.
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To remove a sales tax certificate, click next to the certificate you want to remove.
Adding a sales tax exemption certificate to your enterprise account
Enterprise owners and billing managers can upload a sales tax exemption certificate to an enterprise account if the account uses the GitHub Customer Agreement.
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In the top-right corner of GitHub Enterprise Server, click your profile photo, then click Enterprise settings.
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On the left side of the page, in the enterprise account sidebar, click Settings.
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Under Settings, click Billing.
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At the top of the page, click Payment information.
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Review your "Billing information" and update any incorrect data. You must ensure that the address fields are correct and that the "City" and "Postal/Zip code" fields are accepted. If there is any missing information or any errors are reported, the option to upload a sales tax certificate is hidden.
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At the bottom of the page, in the "Sales Tax" section, click Upload certificate, and select the certificate file you want to upload.
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To remove a sales tax certificate, click next to the certificate you want to remove.