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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