Here's another question. Is an ebusinesses supposed to file taxes and licenses in every state they are doing business?
How else are those sales taxes paid? If you charge them you are supposed to pay them to the state. NY has a line on the tax return for people to pay their online purchases taxes. That's crazy. If the store is in NJ, it should pay NJ taxes. That's where the product is being sold and shipped from. You would definitely need a cron job to keep track of the changing sales taxes. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Campbell Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 5:08 PM To: NYPHP Talk Subject: Re: [nyphp-talk] calculating state taxes? >> Tax tables are available from NYS gov site. >> The state taxes are based on County and City, which is nearly impossible to deal with. Zip codes aren't completely accurate but much easier. You can find the zip code data here: http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,2792 The only problem is that there are a few customers who will be pissed that they are being over charged sales tax. However, it if is a national business, it will be less than 1 in 10,000 customers (a few people are in white plains and yonkers zip codes but not in that tax jurisdiction). To do it exactly right, you have to geocode the address and use a geo tax database. this is offered as a service, but it cost roughly $500/year. Hope that helps. John Campbell _______________________________________________ New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php _______________________________________________ New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
