# How and when does an exemption certificate get applied?

Source: https://developer.avalara.com/products/ecm/integration-guides/document-management/bsu3601714101519/

Guide: Exemption Certificate Management (ECM)

# How and when does an exemption certificate get applied?

Learn how to apply exemption certificates in ECM and AvaTax, and when to apply them.

If you have a valid ECM subscription, exemption certificates can be automatically applied to customers upon receipt or added to a queue for human verification.

For AvaTax exemptions, there’s no queue. The exemption certificate is applied automatically to customers upon receipt.