Yes, I totally understand that .. Thus the quote from my original post: (not perfect but currently it works for most companies). I just didn't want to drag down the post with too much information.
Most companies on the net are charging their individual tax rates that they use in their retail stores. I am not as concerned with that at this point as I am with the international taxing structures and methods. We are building more functionality for "US" based (state/county/city) taxes ... it was just not part of this discussion. I appreciate the post though ... Paul Giesenhagen QuillDesign http://www.quilldesign.com SiteDirector Commerce Builder > Not an answer to you questions or what you want to hear, but (FYI) the tax > rate is not a state wide law, but varies within different counties in each > state. > > -Craig Thomas > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Giesenhagen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 1:03 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: OT: Calculating Taxes (at least not CFMX topic :) > > > I tried to ask this one awhile back without a response... hopefully someone > will have an answer for me (or at least direct me in the right direction). > > We are trying to cover our international market allowing companies in > Australia, Canada, Europe ect.. to use our shopping cart system. We have > been trying to figure out the best most "generic" way to setup our taxing > structures. > > For the United States, it is pretty simple, does the product offer taxing or > not? and if so, what state and what is the tax rate for that state (not > perfect but currently it works for most companies). So State_tax X Total > Cart = Tax Charge > > Now if the retailer is in Australia or Canada we get into HST/GST/PST type > taxes ...how do you compute those various types of taxes ... Then there is > the VAT? Is it similar to US tax? > > My last question would be what is a flat tax, I have seen that around, but > is it just what it says, ...example: $10.00 flat tax no matter how much your > cart total is? Or is the flat tax added on to the other taxes? > > Many questions and if anyone has any knowledge that they would like to > share, by all means ..Share and I appreciate it! > > Paul Giesenhagen > QuillDesign > http://www.quilldesign.com > SiteDirector - Commerce Builder > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
