Resale certificate · Delaware

Resale Certificates in Delaware: No State Sales Tax

The short answer. Delaware has no state sales tax, so there is no Delaware certificate for buying tax free inside Delaware. Delaware has no local sales tax either. Below are the states that accept a resale certificate from a buyer not registered in them; each state's page sets out its terms.

Resale Certificates in Delaware at a Glance

State sales tax	None
State resale certificate	None for buying inside the state
Local sales tax	None

Read from the government sources listed at the foot of this page, last checked September 29, 2026. See the sources.

Local Taxes in Delaware

Delaware has no state sales tax and no local sales tax.

Delaware has no state or local sales tax, so resale certificates do not apply to purchases in Delaware. Delaware instead levies a gross receipts tax on the seller, and sales for resale are not exempt from it. A Delaware wholesaler selling to an out-of-state buyer who picks the goods up in Delaware uses Form 373, the Wholesale Exemption Certificate, to support that sale.

Buying for Resale From Suppliers in Other States

Of the 45 states with a state sales tax or similar tax we verified, 14 accept a registration number issued by another state, 4 accept a written statement from a buyer not registered there and 26 depend on circumstances, set out on each state's page. 1 requires its own registration. In 13 of the 18 that accept another state's number or a statement, that route is limited to buyers located outside the state.

A business in a state with no sales tax usually has no sales tax number to give; check whether the state you buy in accepts a federal EIN or a statement instead.

Each state's page sets out its terms, so read it before you give a certificate there.

States that accept a registration number issued by another state

States where it depends on circumstances

States that accept a written statement from a buyer not registered there

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Frequently Asked Questions

: Delaware has no state sales tax, so there is no Delaware certificate for buying tax free inside Delaware. Delaware has no local sales tax either.
: Of the 45 states with a state sales tax or similar tax we verified, 14 accept a registration number issued by another state, 4 accept a written statement from a buyer not registered there and 26 depend on circumstances, set out on each state's page. 1 requires its own registration. In 13 of the 18 that accept another state's number or a statement, that route is limited to buyers located outside the state. A business in a state with no sales tax usually has no sales tax number to give; check whether the state you buy in accepts a federal EIN or a statement instead.

This guide is general information, not legal or tax advice, and reading it does not create an attorney-client relationship. It reports what each state's tax agency, or the multistate bodies' published notes, say about the certificate a buyer gives a supplier when it buys goods for resale, with the sources this page cites. It cannot tell you whether your own purchase qualifies: that turns on what you buy, whether you resell it, and where you are registered, and a certificate given for a purchase that does not qualify can leave the buyer owing the tax. Confirm your own position with the tax agency named on this page, and with the tax agency of the state you buy in, before you give or accept one.

Sources

Each entry below is a document recorded in our verified Delaware sources, and each entry says what the document is. Some statutory text is read from an accurate mirror rather than from the state's own host, and those say so.

revenue.delaware.gov/business-tax-forms/exemption-certificates/Delaware Division of Revenue, Exemption Certificates
revenue.delaware.gov/frequently-asked-questions/gross-receipts-tax-faqs/Delaware Division of Revenue, Gross Receipts Tax FAQs

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