Yes, sales tax is applied to food grade ethanol orders in Maine. If you are sales tax exempt please follow the instructions at the link below.

How to buy food grade ethanol without sales tax in Maine.

If you would like to place an order for food grade ethanol with tax exemption please follow these steps:

Step 1: Make an account on Culinarysolvent.com.

Step 2: Before you place an order email us your Maine Resale Certificate to service@culinarysolvent.com. This is not the same as a "Retail Certificate". For more information see the bottom of this post.

Step 3:  We will modify your account to become sales tax exempt. Please wait until we have emailed you to confirm the account has been updated and then place your order. 

All done! You will be able to place an order without sales tax added and we will ship your order promptly.

Maine Resale Certificate vs. Retail Certificate

Below you will see example images of the correct certificate that we need versus the certificate that is sometimes confused to be the correct one.

Maine Resale Certificate: (Correct)

Maine Retail Certificate: (Incorrect)