[GNC] Automatic sales tax

[Stephen M. Butler]

On 2/21/22 07:00, Michael or Penny Novack wrote:
> On 2/20/2022 7:58 PM, David Carlson wrote:
>> Here in Illinois it varies by county, city, merchandise category, 
>> service category, seller category and sometimes by such arcane 
>> variables as library district (well, that last one may be a slight 
>> exaggeration).
>
> And not only is it that complex, but the DATA (what IS the 
> jurisdiction that applies) is typically not available. Almost always  
> the information by the vendor, just the postal address.
>
> For example, while my town (township) does indeed have a PO with zip 
> code 01338 that post office delivers no mail (just for PO boxes inside 
> that post office). On the other hand, four different post office with 
> zip codes 01330, 01339, 01340, and 01370 do deliver mail to addresses 
> located in my town. So EVERY street address in my town has some other 
> town in the address << well one of those isn't a "town" but a village 
> on the boundary of two towns (townships) >>
>
> There was a period during which when writing a letter to my 
> Congressman I had to make it very clear, "Yes, I AM a constituent 
> living in your district in spite of appearances" (the "town" on my 
> address was outside his district)
>
> And I can think of a merchandise category/seller category tax 
> difference in my state. Buy a pair of gloves (clothing, not taxed) in 
> a clothing store/department store vs buy the SAME pair of gloves 
> (protective gear, taxed) in a hardware store.
>
> BTW --- usually responsibility for figuring sales tax is in the POS 
> system, not the accounting package being fed by POS (POS would also 
> interact with the Inventory system). The accounting package is just 
> one part of an "integrated business system".
>
> Michael D Novack

Here in Washington state the state does post an address file to assigns 
rate codes by address.  In at least one case two houses with the same 
zip+4 are in different location codes.  Most web hosts POS systems can 
only go down to the zip code level.  Thankfully I don't have enough 
sales outside the state to worry about taxes in the other states!

--Steve  (www.hamflags.com)

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