Oops, forgot this went out to 2 lists ;) On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 1:45 PM, Bill Erickson <[email protected]>wrote:
> This is all really good information. Thanks, everyone! > > -b > > > On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 11:09 AM, Carri L. Oviatt <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Bill, >> >> Generally we don't, as a public library, have to deal with sales tax. >> There are situations which require it though. Our main concern is that the >> tax be applied to the item level. In our current system the total tax is >> added on the invoice and pro-rated by the system to each line item. As far >> as foreign currency goes, we assume that the system will automatically >> calculate the amount according to the parameters that we set. >> >> Good luck >> >> Carri >> >> >>> Bill Erickson <[email protected]> 4/29/2009 9:32 AM >>> >> Taking a poll... >> >> How do people generally deal with sales tax in an acquisitions scenario? >> How would you like it to function? >> >> Is it generally configured ahead of time (say, tax rates on a per-vendor >> level) or entered manually at PO creation time? At what granularity do >> different tax rates need to be configured? At the Vendor level, PO level, >> line item level, etc.? >> >> Is there anything special to consider when applying sales tax for a items >> purchased from a vendor using a different currency? Is the assumption >> that >> a tax rate is entered and the system will calculate the amount in the >> local >> currency (much like price)? >> >> TIA for the input. >> >> -b >> >> -- >> Bill Erickson >> | VP, Software Development & Integration >> | Equinox Software, Inc. / The Evergreen Experts >> | phone: 877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457) >> | email: [email protected] >> | web: http://esilibrary.com >> >> > > > -- > Bill Erickson > | VP, Software Development & Integration > | Equinox Software, Inc. / The Evergreen Experts > | phone: 877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457) > | email: [email protected] > | web: http://esilibrary.com > -- Bill Erickson | VP, Software Development & Integration | Equinox Software, Inc. / The Evergreen Experts | phone: 877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457) | email: [email protected] | web: http://esilibrary.com
