Tax

FAQs

Resources and common questions

Non-US Tax

Resources for non-US residents

Tax Documents

Federal, DC, & State Sales Tax Exemption Certificates

Worker Classification

Employee vs. Independent Contractor classification rules

Types of Payments

Stipends, awards/prizes, honoraria, donations

Sales Tax

Process for collection sales taxes

Unrelated Business Income

What is UBI and how RGAs are analyzed for UBI

Tax Policies
Supplier Set-up

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The mission of the Tax Department is to guide the University in matters of international, federal, state and local taxation. The Tax Department creates and monitors policies and procedures for tax law compliance and the protection of the University’s tax exempt status.

We are responsible for: 

  • Researching international, federal, state and local tax compliance for the University;
  • The University’s federal, state and local tax returns;
  • Unrelated Business Income (UBI) monitoring and reporting;
  • Tax Exempt Bond Private Business Use (PBU) monitoring and reporting;
  • Worker classification determinations;
  • Nonresident Alien (NRA) tax withholding

Address (for mail only): 2115 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20007 

Email:

*Do NOT send emails to multiple tax email addresses. Doing so will significantly delay response times. Only email ONE address below and do NOT email or cc individual members of the Tax Department.

  • Non-resident tax questions ONLY: NRAtax@georgetown.edu
  • General tax department inquiries: taxdepartment@georgetown.edu