Yes, you can leave the sales tax category of your product or service as taxable-standard rate for sales to a tax-exempt customer in QuickBooks, as long as the customer is already set up as tax-exempt, dubsportzbrand12.
Here's how to ensure the customer is properly tagged as tax-exempt:
- Go to the Sales or Customers section.
- Open the specific Customer Profile.
- Select Edit.
- Locate the Additional Info section.
- Check the box for Tax Exempt and, if available, add the customer's tax exemption reason or number (if required in your jurisdiction).
- Save the changes.

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