Customize tax calculation to accommodate U.S. zip code rates / state tax rate

[911websiterepair]

which leaves this back as a subscription component

the other option is a company that provides a DB of the tax rates by state, but it is a monthly subscription, and each user of the component would have to have their own, and it was 100's per month. on top of that, the format of the files did not work for virtuemart, of which we reformated, but it could take 4 or 5 days to format for each state, and that would be an ongoing process

logistically, this is just not possible, and as stated in other posts, everyone wants free

[nkentd74]

I'm very interested in your product. I need to know if it work in my situation.
We will only tax purchases made in California. But, there are two rates, one rate for zip codes in our county and one rate for the rest of California.

Thanks for responding

[911websiterepair]

here we go again

http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/06/tech/web/internet-sales-tax/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

saw the story on fox this morning,    looks like stores with less than 1 million in yearly sales we be exempt, but no one knows specifics yet

[T.A. Garrison, LLC]

Since this is a "HOT" topic for the US right now, I thought I'd try to re-generate interest in this thread.

TaxCloud is a good idea...sort of. The problem, as my client mentioned, is that they do not want to create a "door" to send data to a company that lets the government know that "John Doe" just placed an order and the government should look at "John Doe" to pay a "use tax", and should look at the business to pay the city tax.
Also, the ability to send the information to TaxCloud through their API can open a security door to my client.

So my client is very reluctant (read as...refuses) to use any service for calculating tax information outside of the site.
They prefer to do it manually.
But VM doesn't provide any method for US businesses to add literally thousands of tax codes. There are over 3,000 cities in Washington and California - both states from where my client ships and is bound by law to collect tax.

How in the world would one be able to input 3,000 tax calculations when each city has their own rate? There is no method of calculating because each city has a different rate. Nothing is done on percentage. Each city pulls a number out of their....hat...and decides that's the rate for their city. It's not calculated - not based on a percentage of some other rate.

I need to figure out a resolve in the next 24 hours. If someone is watching and has a good idea, I'd love to hear that thought.

[911websiterepair]

its kinda like obamacare,    all these ideas and laws being past,  with no way to implement

[jenkinhill]

To cope with the mad US tax model VM has for a while included and Avalara plugin for Avatax. http://virtuemart.net/news/latest-news/450-virtuemart-2-0-24a-includes-klarna-checkout
There is no way your site owner can keep track of the enormous variation of tax levels so this does provide a solution. Enable the plugin and configure it as a tax/calc rule.

http://docs.virtuemart.net/component/flexicontent/28-plugins-payment-shipment-and-others/75-configure-avatax.html

[TaxCloud]

Since this is a "HOT" topic for the US right now, I thought I'd try to re-generate interest in this thread.

TaxCloud is a good idea...sort of. The problem, as my client mentioned, is that they do not want to create a "door" to send data to a company that lets the government know that "John Doe" just placed an order and the government should look at "John Doe" to pay a "use tax", and should look at the business to pay the city tax.
Also, the ability to send the information to TaxCloud through their API can open a security door to my client.

Just to clarify - TaxCloud's API does not expect or even accept any customer identifiable information - the API requires association of a mechant/site defined customer identifier (a guid or some other unique identifier) which is needed for convenience to enable the merchant/site to cross reference transactions.

Moreover - why would "the government look at 'John Doe' to pay a 'use tax'" if John Doe actually paid the sales/use tax due (because the merchant/site relied upon TaxCloud to collect the correct tax due)?

We would be happy to engage directly with you and your client to discuss any security concerns.

You can email us at service@taxcloud.net or call 206-452-1686.

Thank You!

[TaxCloud]

This has been withdrawn from sale as TaxCloud have told me they demand FULL implementation and will block accounts using this until it is completed.

[re-posted from the other thread for clarity]

Our free service does require complete implementation - otherwise we cannot help retailers by preparing accurate sales tax returns. Telling retailers the amount of sales tax to collect without helping them automatically prepare the related sales tax returns (for potentially thousands of jurisdictions) is a disservice; failure to report and remit collected sales tax proceeds is a crime.

We would be happy to pay you to complete your implementation by simply invoking the Authorized and Captured APIs (or the single consolidated AuthorizedWithCapture).

PHP sample code is available on our developer site at http://dev.taxcloud.net and also on Github at http://github.com/taxcloud

Thank you.

[GJC Web Design]

http://forum.virtuemart.net/index.php?topic=113564.0

Pleased to annouce this has now been approved by TaxCloud (they will be announcing this shortly) and is available for download.

[911websiterepair]

awesome

   does max and valerie know?