Fax: (831) 755-4969

Email: mcvss@co.monterey.ca.us

Mailing Address: County of Monterey, Contracts/Purchasing
168 W. Alisal St., 3rd Floor
Salinas, CA 93901

More About VSS:

VSS provides Vendors like your self with the following features and capabilities:

• Use of a single entry point to register and maintain your own vendor information utilizing a web portal
• Capability of registering your own business for the specific types of services and/or goods that your organization provides
• Enroll in an optional Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT) program for payments

PLEASE NOTE that only the vendor registration modules are active in VSS at this time.

Payments made to California nonresidents, including corporations, limited liability companies, and partnerships that do not have a permanent place of business in the state of California are subject to seven percent (7%) state income tax withholding (California Revenue and Taxation Code Section 18662). 

Types of income subject to withholding include, but are not limited to, payments for services performed in California and payments of leases, rents and royalties for property (real or personal) located in California.  No withholding is required on payments for goods. 

This California withholding law may not apply to you, and in that case, we are required to keep on file a Franchise Tax Board form 590 that demonstrates your exemption.  Alternatively, you may be eligible for a reduced withholding or a waiver altogether.  In order to qualify, please read and follow the instructions as outlined below:

Withholding Exemptions:

This law does not apply to you if you are a,

• California resident;
• Corporations, Partnerships, LLC’s qualified with the Secretary of State to do business in California or that have a permanent place of business in California;
• Estates where the deceased was a California resident at the time of death;
• Tax-exempt organizations;
• Insurance Companies, IRA’s, Qualified Pension and Profit Sharing Plans; or
• California non-grantor trusts