Please keep in mind that any vendor, at any time, may choose not to honor Cornell's NYS tax exemption. If the vendor will not grant the exemption, it is acceptable to pay the tax. Cardholders should note the vendor's refusal on the receipt. If the cardholder simply forgot to inform the merchant of the tax exemption, then the cardholder should seek a credit from the merchant.
When sales tax is a component of a transaction that is otherwise classified as federal unallowable (e.g., alcohol), pcard coordinators must record the tax with a federal unallowable object code and must not charge it to federal or state appropriations or any grant or contract account (Funds AP and CG). Sales tax on goods and services that are not classified as federal unallowable does not require a federal unallowable object code.