Exemption Certificates

The one door for certificates: file here, and it lands in the vault correctly every time.

Web version. Reviewing found documents and filing certificates happen on the office PC, because they read your records and save into the SharePoint folder. Run TaxMan there (npm start, then http://localhost:3000/admin/certs). The registry, gap list, and request forms below work here.

Saves to C:/Users/reid/Hydro-Wates Inc/Hydro-Wates Files - Documents/Hydro-Wates/Accounting/Tax Exemption Certificates/<Customer>/<issued> <type> <states>.pdf, records it as on-file, recomputes the gap. The certificate must name Scofield Group LLC dba Hydro-Wates as seller.

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AT STAKE — CERT MISSING / UNLOCATED
$25,057
becomes taxable at audit without paper
UNREGISTERED CANDIDATES
$11,745
exposure, no registry entry yet
GOVERNMENT (PO COVERS)
$82,095
revenue exempt by law — file the POs
DRIFT: ON-FILE CERTS WITH FILE MISSING
0
19 duplicate Zoho records to merge
Rule: no exempt invoice without a certificate (or government PO) filed in Hydro-Wates/Accounting/Tax Exemption Certificates/<Customer>/<YYYY-MM-DD> <type> <state>.pdf and recorded in data/exemption-certs.json. Certificates name the seller — anything issued to Hydro-Wates, Inc doesn't cover the LLC. Process, forms, request template: docs/EXEMPTION-CERT-PROCESS.md.
Chase list (ranked by tax $ at stake)
CustomerStatusTypeAt stake Offshore $Sales $TX untaxed $StatesNotes
Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling Inc ×3 reported, not located
offshore-151.324
$12,367 $137,755 $0 $12,150 OFFSHORE,TX Reid: Transocean has provided exemption certs. Not found anywhere in the share. Locate (email/paper), confirm it names Scofield Group LLC, file it. Also covers whether Houston-performed services and UK repair pass-through are exempt — SALT question.
Versabar, Inc ×3 missing
offshore-151.324
$8,944 $25,872 $0 $82,541 TX,OFFSHORE Versabar issues a SEPARATE 01-339 offshore exemption cert PER PO (signed Deborah Crawford). Found by the harvest (in the review queue): PO H-44309 (Feb 2024, Green Canyon 563; covers inv 24015, 24029) and PO H-45838 (Oct 2024, names Scofield Group LLC; covers inv 24169). STILL MISSING: POs H-47142, H-47284, H-47813, H-48428, H-48356 = $76K of TX-delivered untaxed rentals (inv 24320-24512). Request one cert per PO. (The 2011 TX Resale Cert, Versabar file is Hydro own cert TO Versabar - outbound.)
Floatel missing
offshore-151.324
$2,206 $26,736 $0 $0 OFFSHORE Offshore delivery (Reid). Rows already flagged offshore; the cert makes it defensible.
Benmar Fabrication unregistered $2,010 $0 $0 $24,358 TX
Rig Surveys, Inc unregistered $1,377 $0 $1,481 $15,440 TX
Axess North America Inc ×6 missing
offshore-151.324
$1,123 $0 $0 $13,608 TX,LA Offshore-services company; $13.6K TX-delivered rentals untaxed + LA rows. Six duplicate Zoho customer records — merge.
TDI-Brooks International, Inc unregistered $1,015 $0 $11,948 $2,168 TX
ECR Florida Division unregistered $843 $0 $0 $10,219 FL,TX
Qualitech IRM unregistered $817 $0 $0 $9,900 TX
Konecranes unregistered $668 $0 $9,537 $0 OH,SC,SD,TX
Continental Disc Corporation unregistered $622 $0 $0 $7,536 TX
Hoist & Crane Service Group unregistered $547 $0 $0 $6,632 TX,IN,LA,SC
Polar Rig Specialties Inc. unregistered $495 $0 $6,032 $0 TX
Consolidated Rigging & Marine Supply missing
resale
$417 $0 $5,958 $0 Supply house — $6K sale; resale cert candidate. Ship-to unresolved.
Centex Material Handling unregistered $403 $0 $0 $4,881 TX
Cajun Hydraulics & Crane Services, LLC unregistered $384 $0 $5,487 $0 LA
Houston Ship Repair unregistered $378 $0 $0 $4,587 TX
Doc Bailey Construction unregistered $370 $0 $5,279 $0
Crane Tech, Inc. unregistered $290 $0 $0 $3,517 TX
Seatrium AmFELS unregistered $238 $0 $0 $2,884 TX
Gulf Marine Contractors unregistered $199 $0 $0 $2,408 TX
Infrastructure Services, LLC unregistered $195 $0 $2,786 $0 FL
Innovative Lifting LLC unregistered $179 $0 $0 $2,169 TX
Bado Equipment Service Co., Inc. unregistered $156 $0 $0 $1,895 TX
EBI Cranes unregistered $125 $0 $0 $1,511 LA,MA,TX
Innonative Lifting LLC unregistered $116 $0 $0 $1,400 TX
Hoisting Wire Rope and Sling unregistered $114 $0 $0 $1,380 TX
Consolidated Rig Works unregistered $89 $0 $417 $730 TX
Subsea 7 unregistered $70 $0 $0 $843 TX
Baker Construction unregistered $45 $0 $754 $0 ID
Hydro-Wates Inc not exempt
resale
$0 $0 $0 $0 TX,CA,AL,AR The predecessor entity billed as a CUSTOMER ($129K, 13 invoices, TX/CA/AL/AR). Related-party — sales are still taxable unless a real resale/transfer exemption applies. CPA question.
Kiewit (all entities) ×7 not exempt
government-federal
$0 $0 $0 $0 MD,TX Contractor on federal/public jobs (IBWC Brownsville levee, etc.) — the CONTRACTOR is the purchaser, so NOT exempt. Seven duplicate Zoho records — merge.
USACE gov't — PO
government-federal
$0 $0 $0 $0 US Army Corps of Engineers. Keep the PO.
Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center gov't — PO
government-federal
$0 $0 $0 $0 US Navy (MARMC, Norfolk VA). Federal purchaser — exempt by law. Keep the POs/contract in the customer folder.
Atlantic Rigging & Heavy Transport missing
resale
$0 $0 $0 $0 VA Rigging company in VA (part of the VA rental base). If re-renting → VA resale cert (ST-10). Confirm.
Prolift Rigging missing
resale
$0 $0 $0 $0 Rigging company; re-rental candidate.
Bishop Lifting missing
resale
$0 $0 $0 $0 TX Rigging/rental house — if they re-rent Hydro equipment, rental-for-re-rental is exempt with a TX resale cert. $21.6K TX rentals untaxed. Confirm re-rental vs own use.
Military Products & Hardware missing
resale
$0 $0 $0 $0 CA Reid confirmed: bought for resale to the US military. Transaction exempted in exemptions.json (HWI-24-027). Obtain a CA resale certificate (CDTFA-230) or MTC Uniform cert naming Scofield Group LLC to make it audit-proof.
USAF gov't — PO
government-federal
$0 $0 $0 $0 UT Federal (UT). Keep the PO.
Kiewit Offshore Services, Ltd. reported, not located
direct-pay
$0 $0 $0 $0 TX Reid: Kiewit presented their direct-pay certificate with the subcontract. Located 2026-09-27: signed TX Form 01-919 (DocuSign 6/1/2023, direct payment permit 1-47-0822068-7, ACTIVE on the Comptroller's direct-pay list since 2001) is Attachment No. 6 of the HWI-24-092 subcontract (Kiewit Contract.pdf, page 20). File it from the /admin/certs review queue. Covers Kiewit Offshore Services only, not other Kiewit entities.
City of Grants Pass WRP gov't — PO
government-state-local
$0 $0 $0 $0 OR Municipality; OR has no sales tax anyway.
Port of Beaumont gov't — PO
government-state-local
$0 $0 $0 $0 TX Navigation district = TX political subdivision (Tax Code 151.309) — exempt. Keep the PO. Clears $10.9K from the TX under-collection base.
NASA gov't — PO
government-federal
$0 $0 $0 $0 MS Federal (Stennis, MS). Keep the PO.
Austal USA LLC on-file
direct-pay
$0 $0 $0 $0 AL Alabama direct-pay permit found in Agreements/. Verify it's current (AL permits are renewed annually) and that it names the LLC as vendor if required.
US Army gov't — PO
government-federal
$0 $0 $0 $0 Federal. Keep the PO.
Prior-entity certificates found in old job folders (historical — seller was Hydro-Wates, Inc)