*Important Announcement*

Starting January 2023, Amazon Web Services, Inc. is migrating acceptance of US tax exemption certificates from the Amazon Tax Exemption Platform (ATEP) console to the Tax Settings page (Tax Settings). Going forward, upload new US tax exemption certificates through the Tax Settings page to update your US tax exemption certificates (Tax Settings). For more information, please see AWS Tax Help.

If you have existing US tax exemption certificate(s) on file with AWS
There is no action required as your existing US tax exemption certificate(s) will continue to apply and have been migrated to the Tax Settings page. You will be able to view and manage your US tax exemption certificate(s) on the Tax Settings page of the AWS Billing Console via the steps detailed below.

If you want to upload new US tax exemption certificate(s) to your account(s)

Please follow the steps detailed below in order to upload and manage your US tax exemption certificates in the AWS Billing Console. Any submitted exemption documents will be reviewed by our Customer Support team within 24 hours. If we need any additional information, or if any of your documents have been rejected, we will contact you by support case.

If you have any questions, please create a case with Customer Support.

Regards,
AMAZON WEB SERVICES, INC.

Directions for uploading US tax exemptions

• Step 1:- Update identity-based policies (IAM policies) permissions for viewing “Tax exemption” tab under the “Tax Settings” page in the AWS Billing Console (you can refer to the detailed steps here:- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/tutorial_billing.html)
  • Step 1.1: Activate IAM Access setting controls IAM user and role access to “Tax exemption” tab under the “Tax Settings” page
  • Step 1.2: Create custom policies that grant both view and full access permissions to “Tax exemption” tab within the Billing and Cost Management console.
  • Step 1.3: Attach billing policies to your user groups
  • Step 1.4: Test access to the AWS Billing Console
• Billing documentation update:- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/awsaccountbilling/latest/aboutv2/billing-example-policies.html - provide example:-

To view US tax exemptions and create support cases:-

   {
      "Version": "2012-10-17",
      "Statement": [
         {
            "Action": [
               "tax:GetExemptions",
               "tax:UpdateExemptions",
               "support:CreateCase",
               "support:AddAttachmentsToSet"                        
            ],
            "Resource": [
               "*"
            ],
            "Effect": "Allow"
         }
      ] 
   }

• Step 2: Once IAM permissions are completed, customers may follow the following steps on the UI to upload their US tax exemption for the account they are signed in:-
  • Step 2.1 (for customers do not have existing tax exemption) : Click “Set up tax exemption” on landing page
  • Step 2.1 (for customers have existing tax exemption) : Click “Add tax exemption” on landing page
  • Step 2.2: Specify tax exemption type and jurisdiction
  • Step 2.3: Upload tax exemption certificate document
  • Step 2.4: Review and submit the request
• AWS support team will review your case and provide a response in approximately 24 hours. If additional information is required, we will contact you through a support case.
• You can view approved, exemptions on the “Tax exemption” tab as an “Active” exemption with the validity period.
• If an exemption is rejected, you will