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the invoice within five business days of its receipt. The Level IV A/OPCwill document all cases where the Cardholder-to-Billing-Official ratioexceeds the Army standard. In these cases the Billing Official mustprepare a request for a waiver to policy. The request must address theunique conditions that affect the process and show, with a high degree ofcertainty, that the Billing Official can be expected to comply with thereview and certification procedures. The request will include the numberand location of assigned Cardholders, the total average number oftransactions made by the Cardholders, the amount of time the BillingOfficial can devote to the certification process, the history ofdelinquencies, and other factors that seem appropriate. The waiver will beapproved at the appropriate level as indicated below and will bemaintained by the approver with copies furnished to the Billing Official:8–10 Cardholders: Through the Level IV A/OPC to the DOC.11–19 Cardholders: Through the A/OPC (Level IV and Level III) tothe PARC.20 or more Cardholders: Through the A/OPC (Level IV, Level III,and Level 2) to the DoD Purchase Card Joint PMO.3-5. Tax-exempt statusFor purchases within the United States (see the glossary for the relateddefinition), the Cardholder will inform the merchant that the purchase is for officialU.S. Government purposes and, therefore, is not subject to state or local salestax. The GPC is embossed with the statement ―U.S. GOVT TAX EXEMPT,‖ and47