The reason I asked about TaxWare was because it is the only tax service that still seems to be operational (from ofbiz), and is certified by Washington State. As far as I can tell, ZipSales was discontinued. As Dave points out, things are only going to get more complicated, and it would be nice if a service was available that you could easily plug into OFBiz, and things just work. In WA state, there are 1.6 million different ZIP+4 possibilities in 350 different tax jurisdications. Crazy.. So I was looking for a simplier way.
On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 6:32 PM, BJ Freeman <[email protected]> wrote: > two points: > 1) the states are changing from nexus to point of delivery. > from Washington State page > Effective July 1, 2008, sales tax collection is based on the location where > the customer receives the merchandise or service. For retailers that ship > or deliver their products this is a change in how sales tax is determined. > 2) he asked a very specific question about Taxware for 9.04. > no one by me replied. > I did a google and searched my emails from 2003 to present. > I did not find any documentation about the someone actually using Taxware. > > > David E Jones sent the following on 7/7/2010 9:06 AM: >> >> I'm not sure what it means to you that only BJ responded to your question, >> but if you'd like to clarify I imagine someone will comment. >> >> TaxWare has been supported for a long time, but it is not used very often >> because it is an expensive system and there are many alternatives. These >> days most people using OFBiz get tax data from their accountant or from a >> subscription service and then put that into the OFBiz TaxAuthority tables, >> or they use an online service instead of something complex and messy like >> TaxWare that requires time-sensitive data updates on a regular basis. >> >> This is extremely complex stuff (and looks like it will be getting >> worse!), so count on this requiring some expense and effort. In the past, >> for the USA anyway (it's different for each country), a company only had to >> charge taxes for states, counties, and cities where they have a "nexus". >> Because of that we have to support a crazy variety of tax laws, but >> individual companies usually only need tax data for a few different tax >> authorities. If this law passes (depending on the details) that could change >> a lot. >> >> Is OFBiz ready? Sure. OFBiz has been doing tax stuff for about 8 years >> now. This isn't likely to be a whole lot different than anything done in the >> past, but it will increase the expense and complexity for users of the >> system to either maintain far more tax data, force subscribing to a service, >> or use of one of the many complete sales tax services (like TaxWare). >> >> How does everyone feel now about the opportunity to work part-time for a >> few or perhaps hundreds of government bodies as a tax collector? Sales tax >> calc companies might be a good thing to invest in, and online retailers >> might want to not only get calc services but also make sure they have >> indemnification guarantees for when it's wrong. >> >> -David >> >> BTW, if you really want a question answered the mailing lists are a good >> start but consider this: if you aren't willing to do the research to get an >> answer to your own question, why would you expect someone else to do it for >> you? >> >> >> On Jul 7, 2010, at 8:30 AM, Mike Z wrote: >> >>> I came across this news article this morning, and I immediately >>> thought of my previous question were I asked about the "TaxWare" >>> status of ofbiz. It was also noteworthy (to me) that only BJ >>> responded to my inquiry. >>> >>> http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-20009603-38.html >>> >>> So: Is ofbiz ready for the inevitable? Eventually, we'll be required >>> to collect sales tax (and report) on a nation-wide basis for all >>> ecommercce transactions. How will this possibly work? >> >> >
