OT: Figuring Sales Tax for Online Sales
Hi, I support a California business who does most of it's business online. I need to figure out how to determine the sales tax rates for California only. As things change all online sales may be taxed soon so I need to prepare for that as well. I know I am not the first person to have to deal with collecting sales tax from online sales. I do not want to build anything that would require us to maintain tax tables or to decipher who is in what jurisdiction. I've done a little research and find little in the way of an affordable subscription, or a government API. As this campaign to get all online retailers to pay local sales tax continues, I'd hate to have to maintain 50 or more API's just to be able to satisfy the governments requirement that we collect sales tax. Currently we collect sales tax based on the highest rate for those who ship using a California address. Our system allows for one tax rate at the state level. Anyone have any experience with collecting sales tax on line? Thank you in advance for your help!! Keith Smith --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: OT: Figuring Sales Tax for Online Sales
What a coincidence. We are doing the same thing this week at Pristine Auction. We think we've found the solution in Avalara. Essentially, it's a complicated thing, and you need to pay for an API calculating service. At least that's what our team has determined. To the others on the list, can you comment also for both Keith and me on sales tax services like Avalara? -- To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness. - Dr. Robert Muller On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 7:30 AM, keith smith klsmith2...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi, I support a California business who does most of it's business online. I need to figure out how to determine the sales tax rates for California only. As things change all online sales may be taxed soon so I need to prepare for that as well. I know I am not the first person to have to deal with collecting sales tax from online sales. I do not want to build anything that would require us to maintain tax tables or to decipher who is in what jurisdiction. I've done a little research and find little in the way of an affordable subscription, or a government API. As this campaign to get all online retailers to pay local sales tax continues, I'd hate to have to maintain 50 or more API's just to be able to satisfy the governments requirement that we collect sales tax. Currently we collect sales tax based on the highest rate for those who ship using a California address. Our system allows for one tax rate at the state level. Anyone have any experience with collecting sales tax on line? Thank you in advance for your help!! Keith Smith --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: OT: Figuring Sales Tax for Online Sales
My team is also going with Avalara. They seem pretty robust, which works for us since we will be collecting tax in many states. There may be a more appropriate solution if Keith only needs to collect in CA, but I don't know of any. On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 7:33 AM, Tom Haws tom.h...@gmail.com wrote: o --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: OT: Figuring Sales Tax for Online Sales
As we move along, I am sure more providers will take up this niche, however here's the current list of certified tax solutions. http://www.streamlinedsalestax.org/index.php?page=Certified-Service-Providers On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 7:30 AM, keith smith klsmith2...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi, I support a California business who does most of it's business online. I need to figure out how to determine the sales tax rates for California only. As things change all online sales may be taxed soon so I need to prepare for that as well. I know I am not the first person to have to deal with collecting sales tax from online sales. I do not want to build anything that would require us to maintain tax tables or to decipher who is in what jurisdiction. I've done a little research and find little in the way of an affordable subscription, or a government API. As this campaign to get all online retailers to pay local sales tax continues, I'd hate to have to maintain 50 or more API's just to be able to satisfy the governments requirement that we collect sales tax. Currently we collect sales tax based on the highest rate for those who ship using a California address. Our system allows for one tax rate at the state level. Anyone have any experience with collecting sales tax on line? Thank you in advance for your help!! Keith Smith --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- (503) 754-4452 Android (623) 239-3392 Skype (623) 688-3392 Google Voice ** it-clowns.com Chief Clown --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: OT: Figuring Sales Tax for Online Sales
I've been meaning to reply. All my extra resources are going into building a hyper-local news site which will soon be found at http://www.ChandlerAzConservative.com/. Keith Smith --- On Wed, 12/12/12, Lyle Tuttle l.tut...@cox.net wrote: From: Lyle Tuttle l.tut...@cox.net Subject: Re: OT: Figuring Sales Tax for Online Sales To: Main PLUG discussion list plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org Date: Wednesday, December 12, 2012, 10:19 AM We are in Vegas at the NFR event, but wondered if you got my earlier email about a co to donate and burn CD's? lyle -Inline Attachment Follows- --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss--- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
How to set up a dual boot on a thinkpad
I have a used Thinkpad T60 with win7 installed and I want to install Kubuntu in a dual boot, but I'm having trouble trying to shrink the win-7 part of the 100-gig HD as as small as I'd like to make it. There are a couple of nuisance files stuck at about the 75-gig point. I've tried everything I can think of to get rid of those files, to no avail. So, I think there is a reserve copy of win-7 in another partition. What is the procedure to do a fresh re-install of win-7 from that reserve partition so I can shrink the HD and install Kubuntu in a dual boot? --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: How to set up a dual boot on a thinkpad
Aaarg gparted. Curse you autocorrect! On Dec 12, 2012 4:56 PM, j...@actionline.com wrote: Stephen wrote: You can make a hoarded live CD and not need the reinstall. What is a hoarded live CD? A google search turned up no applicable information. On Dec 12, 2012 4:31 PM, j...@actionline.com wrote: I have a used Thinkpad T60 with win7 installed and I want to install Kubuntu in a dual boot, but I'm having trouble trying to shrink the win-7 part of the 100-gig HD as as small as I'd like to make it. There are a couple of nuisance files stuck at about the 75-gig point. I've tried everything I can think of to get rid of those files, to no avail. So, I think there is a reserve copy of win-7 in another partition. What is the procedure to do a fresh re-install of win-7 from that reserve partition so I can shrink the HD and install Kubuntu in a dual boot? --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: How to set up a dual boot on a thinkpad
On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 4:31 PM, j...@actionline.com wrote: ... I've tried everything I can think of to get rid of those files Larry wrote: Those are the Page (swap) file and the storage area for Restore Points. If you turn those off temporarily ... Windows will let you shrink the partition further That should get you the space you need. I did that kill off those Page (swap) files and a bunch of other stuff, hibernate files, etc. but there is still something blocking: Filename $UsnJrfnl:$J in path C:\$Extend\ that I can't get rid of. See this link: http://www.upquick.com/temp/frag507.jpg I searched the 'net and found others have had this problem, but when I try to switch to Administrator level to purge the system responds saying that I need to be at Administrator level (I thought I was) and will not allow me to delete $UsnJrfnl Oh, how I do despise windblows. I've tried numerous methods to supposedly get to the Administrator level, but to no avail. Thus, I am now trying to find out if it is possible to just do a fresh install from the System Reserve partition as shown at this link: http://www.upquick.com/temp/frag521.jpg --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: How to set up a dual boot on a thinkpad
That other partition is only 100MB. That's not big enough to hold the files you need for installing windows. XP used a cd and 7 uses a dvd. It's been my experience that partition managers will show the hidden partition that's used for storing the files to restore the computer to the condition it was in when it left the factory. I don't know all the details, but I read somewhere that versions of windows after xp use a 100MB partition to do the jobs xp did with the boot.ini file. On 12/12/2012 05:43 PM, j...@actionline.com wrote: Thus, I am now trying to find out if it is possible to just do a fresh install from the System Reserve partition as shown at this link: http://www.upquick.com/temp/frag521.jpg --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
