If you want to buy wholesale in Texas and resell — on Amazon, in a store, or online — you need two things the state actually checks for: a Texas Sales and Use Tax Permit and a Texas Resale Certificate. Get them right and you buy inventory tax-free and collect sales tax legally. Get them wrong and you overpay tax on every purchase or risk penalties from the Texas Comptroller.
The Sales and Use Tax Permit is issued by the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. It registers you to collect the state’s 6.25% sales tax (up to 8.25% with local rates) and to report it. Any business selling taxable goods in Texas needs one — there is no minimum sales threshold. Texas has no state income tax, which is one reason so many sellers form here, but the sales-tax permit is not optional.
The Resale Certificate (Texas Form 01-339) is what you hand your supplier so they don’t charge you sales tax on goods you intend to resell. It is tied to your permit number — this is how you legally buy wholesale for resale without paying tax twice.
Every one of these steps is a place people get stuck, overpay, or make a mistake that costs them their Amazon account. You don’t have to do any of it yourself.
SupplyRank is not just a guide — we do the work. Pick the piece you need, or hand us the whole path and start selling next week. Every service below is real and done by our team.
We register your Texas LLC (Certificate of Formation) and get your EIN — set up properly and credible to suppliers and Amazon.
Sales and Use Tax Permit plus Resale Certificate (Form 01-339), so you buy wholesale tax-free and sell legally in Texas.
Tell us your product; we return a verified wholesale supplier and a real bulk price. From $49 — savings up to 95% versus retail.
Everything above, end to end: supplier, legalized product, formed company, first shipment. One team, start next week.
Company, permits, and a verified supplier — done for you, so you can start working next week.
State sales and use tax: 6.25% (up to 8.25% with local rates). Agency: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. Resale form: 01-339. Entity filing: Certificate of Formation (Form 205), Texas Secretary of State, around $300. No state income tax. Import gateway: Port of Houston; distribution hub: Dallas-Fort Worth.
Yes. If you sell taxable goods in Texas you must register for a Sales and Use Tax Permit with the Texas Comptroller before you start — there is no minimum sales threshold. We can register it for you.
In Texas the document people call a “seller’s permit” is the Sales and Use Tax Permit. It lets you collect sales tax and, paired with a resale certificate, buy wholesale tax-free.
The Texas Resale Certificate (Form 01-339) is free to issue once you hold a Sales and Use Tax Permit, which the Comptroller also issues at no charge. Your real costs are the LLC filing (around $300) and your time — which is what we handle for you.
You can start as a sole proprietor, but most Texas Amazon sellers form an LLC to protect personal assets and look credible to suppliers. We form the LLC and get your EIN as part of setup.
Once you hold a resale certificate you can buy from verified wholesale suppliers and distributors. Tell us your product and we return a verified Texas supplier and a real bulk price — savings up to 95% versus retail.