Please visit the Tax Office website. There are several additional FAQs that may help you.

The University is not a tax exempt institution. The University of Washington must pay sales tax on most merchandise purchased for operations of the University.

For more tax information please see the Tax Office webpage. Under "Departments" please review the various areas, including:

A requisition / purchase order cannot be completely processed and the vendor paid unless the selected supplier is currently active in the UW Vendor database. Specific information about each supplier is required for IRS, other tax purposes, various certifications, etc. This information is entered as part of the supplier profile and assures that timely, accurate payments are made and that the University is able to fulfill certain reporting requirements.

Departments can create their own policy on how they manage the  10% rebate earned  through University Book Store purchases.  If your department policy requires the purchaser to pursue the rebate from the UW Bookstore, then this amount must be deducted from the amount of the reimbursement. For more information, see the Reimbursements web page or the UW Bookstore Customer Rebate FAQ page.

The University of Washington will not impose any direct fees as a part of the ePayables process. Payments will be processed as credit card transactions, so your standard merchant bank fees will apply.