[{"question":{"category_id":515332,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-05-22T17:30:53.430Z","tag_names":["automated sales tax","avalara taxjar","mark customer tax exempt","non-profit tax exempt","qbd tax exempt","qbo tax exempt","resale certificate","sales tax biller genie","sales tax wrong biller genie","tax exempt customer","tax not calculating","xero no tax"],"answer_sample":"Biller Genie doesn't compute sales tax or maintain tax-exempt status — that's ent","long_answer_sample":"Biller Genie doesn't compute sales tax or maintain tax-exempt status — that's entirely your accounting software's job. This article explains how the tax on each invoice gets there, what happens for tax-exempt customers, and what to do when the tax on a Biller Genie invoice doesn't look right. How sales tax actually works in Biller Genie Tax on an in","language_id":1,"id":3826880,"last_published_date":"July 31st, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"biller genie compute sales tax maintain tax-exempt status — entirely accounting software's job. article explains invoice gets there, happens customers, look right. actually works calculated software (quickbooks online, quickbooks desktop, xero) time created. syncs line items, subtotal, amount, total renders customer's email hosted payment page. re-calculate opinion whether applied. whatever computed shows. result, configuration rates, codes, taxable vs non-taxable customer-level status, regional rules, marketplace facilitator settings software, genie. customers \"tax-exempt\" means customer owe goods services sell typically reseller (with resale certificate), non-profit tax-exemption letter, government entity. mark online record, expand additional info section set exemption details (reason + certificate number). save. qbo will apply new invoices customer. desktop go tab code (typically \"non\" \"exempt\"). qbd xero contact's default \"no tax\" (or equivalent zero-rate tax). contact tax. marked every create sync without existing created applied retroactively update need void re-create want corrected. toggle occasionally ask \"i see field can just turn genie\" answer no, reason matters reconcile filings. suppressed thinks taxable, books authority disagree. keeping source truth one place (your software) prevents misalignment. regulatory, ui preference. right attach number, exemption, state-specific irs state audit. sub-customer \"jobs\" inherit parent qbo/qbd way reproduce inheritance logic correctly, reading reliable approach. looks wrong computed, \"the wrong\" issue invoice. fix open (use view / link available). underlying rate, (taxable instead tax-exempt), line-item code, etc. save software. wait next trigger manual add-ons). corrected amount flow customer-facing accordingly. paid original (incorrect) invoice, likely process refund difference re-invoice correct amount. edit record become inconsistent. small via transaction's action, multi-state across lines automated (economic nexus handling), use native features tax, avalara, etc.) dedicated platform like avalara taxjar integrates automatically reflects systems compute. related articles credit memos account sub connect","name":"Sales Tax and Tax-Exempt Customers in Biller Genie","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"sales-tax-and-tax-exempt-customers","first_category":"Customers \u0026 Jobs","categories_display_for_views":"Customers \u0026 Jobs","parent_categories":[515332],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/customers/sales-tax-and-tax-exempt-customers?from_search=235634103","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"biller genie compute sales tax maintain tax-exempt status — entirely accounting software's job. article explains invoice gets there, happens customers, look right. actually works calculated software (quickbooks online, quickbooks desktop, xero) time created. syncs line items, subtotal, amount, total renders customer's email hosted payment page. re-calculate opinion whether applied. whatever computed shows. result, configuration rates, codes, taxable vs non-taxable customer-level status, regional rules, marketplace facilitator settings software, genie. customers \"tax-exempt\" means customer owe goods services sell typically reseller (with resale certificate), non-profit tax-exemption letter, government entity. mark online record, expand additional info section set exemption details (reason + certificate number). save. qbo will apply new invoices customer. desktop go tab code (typically \"non\" \"exempt\"). qbd xero contact's default \"no tax\" (or equivalent zero-rate tax). contact tax. marked every create sync without existing created applied retroactively update need void re-create want corrected. toggle occasionally ask \"i see field can just turn genie\" answer no, reason matters reconcile filings. suppressed thinks taxable, books authority disagree. keeping source truth one place (your software) prevents misalignment. regulatory, ui preference. right attach number, exemption, state-specific irs state audit. sub-customer \"jobs\" inherit parent qbo/qbd way reproduce inheritance logic correctly, reading reliable approach. looks wrong computed, \"the wrong\" issue invoice. fix open (use view / link available). underlying rate, (taxable instead tax-exempt), line-item code, etc. save software. wait next trigger manual add-ons). corrected amount flow customer-facing accordingly. paid original (incorrect) invoice, likely process refund difference re-invoice correct amount. edit record become inconsistent. small via transaction's action, multi-state across lines automated (economic nexus handling), use native features tax, avalara, etc.) dedicated platform like avalara taxjar integrates automatically reflects systems compute. related articles credit memos account sub connect","categories":{"current":{"id":515332,"name":"Customers \u0026 Jobs","url":"/customers"}},"category_param":"customers"}}]