Yeah, without a receipt in hand (or electronic) showing the breakout, no
software can assume or guess reliably. That is just insane.
In my state, you can have one location in one jurisdiction depending on
what side of the street it is on, and the two properties to the left and
right can each be in other separate districts. And then, you have to
take into account purchasing location vs. delivery, and then the type of
item or service.
That is impossible for any software, paid for or not, to 'guess' based
merely on a description containing a business name.
Even if you pre-specified what each business you buy from charges, you
might end up getting it wrong. (my grocery receipt for example charges
one rate for food 'for home consumption' and another for everything
else, and those subtotals of course vary from purchase to purchase)
And that doesn't even scratch 'tax holidays'! (or that local rates can
change 4 times a year!)
Regards,
Adrien
On 2/21/22 9:00 AM, 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".
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