Also some states, like California, base their sales taxes for mail-order on the recipients postal code, not the vendors, unless the codes are the same. There are eight or nine different sales tax rates in CA depending on local taxes. Mike Wexler wrote: > Mikel King wrote: > > > > guys I think you are making this a way bigger problem than it really > > is...e-merce crap is generally taxed based on the location of the > > vendor; much the same way in which mail order businesses are taxed. > > You really only have to worry about the state/locality in which you > > are incorperated/operate from, and in many cases this only applies to > > transactions that occur within those bounds. Meaning that both the > > vendor and the customer are in the same state. Really this is a > > matter for the bean counters, but thus far I've yet to buy anything > > even from Amazon that I have to pay tax on unless they are in my > > state. > > Actually it gets complicated for two reasons. On the web site I run > http://www.tias.com/ we have vendors in all 50 states. Second, if you > have a business presence in the state the customer is located in, then > you need to calculate the tax for *their* locality. So in the normal > case where you are calculating the taxes for just 1 vendors. Who has > only one location, then things can be simplified by dealing with only > the rules of the state (and the localities within the state). > > > > > cheers, > > mikel > > > > Mike Wexler wrote: > > > > > Actually its even more complicated than this. There are city taxes > > > and > > > other taxes on other boundaries. In addition the rules as far as > > > what > > > things are taxable vary by locality. For example, some localities > > > charge > > > taxes on shipping and others don't. > > > > > > Brady Orand wrote: > > > > > > > > This is not as easy (conceptually) as it sounds. You have to know > > > the > > > > current state tax plus any county taxes applicable. If you set up > > > a table > > > > with this information, you can cross reference the location of the > > > buyer > > > > with the table, calculate the appropriate taxes, and charge them > > > > accordingly. > > > > > > > > You must also make sure to record the taxes that were paid so they > > > can be > > > > paid to the appropriate tax agency. Not an easy task. > > > > > > > > There are sources out there for all of this information and you > > > can get tax > > > > tables on a CD that can be imported. > > > > > > > > Brady... > > > > > > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > > > > From: Mikel King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: LDL Enterprise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > CC: *MySQL mail list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Subject: Re: taxes > > > > Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 16:57:35 -0500 > > > > > > > > Wound't you just set a table with an id, state_abrev, & tax > > > columns. Then > > > > the id column will match the selection...et cettera...capisce > > > > > > > > LDL Enterprise wrote: > > > > > > > > > does anyone know how to calculateg taxes for a shop cart that > > > would set > > > > the > > > > > tax depending on the state that they select when filling out > > > their > > > > contact > > > > > information? Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > _ __ _ > > > > > | | | \ | | > > > > > | |__ | |> || |__ > > > > > |____||___/ |____| > > > > > > > > > > Larry L. > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > www.ldlenterprise.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > Before posting, please check: > > > > > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > > > > > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > > > > > > > > > To request this thread, e-mail > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Trouble unsubscribing? 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