tax

If I sell products online in the US, do I need to collect sales tax?

If I sell software online in the US, do I need to collect sales tax? Does it matter whether my location is in the US or not? If so, who do I collect from (everybody)? And how do I pay it? Also, what is Use Tax? p.s. I appreciate the advice to "talk to a lawyer" or an accountant as that is the only way you'll be sure you are inside ...

Tax Service Recommendation for a Rails App?

I'm developing a cart that needs to calculate tax and am looking for a 3rd party tax service to handle the calculations. I've used Avalara in another app, but it's somewhat miserable since I have to use the Rjb gem with their java library. Does anyone have a recommendation for a tax service that works well with rails? ...

How do you store consumption tax information in a database

What are your experiences with storing consumption tax information in a database (e.g. sales tax, GST etc.). I am looking for elegant and simple methods that will be suitable for Australia, the US and the UK. I am seeking answers from people who have dealt with the more complex intricacies of consumption tax : i.e. the cases where pro...

Tax Engine Examples

We create point of sale software for the mac, and are looking to revamp our tax engine. It's pretty simple now, with taxes consisting of a name, code and rate that can be applied to every product individually. While this is good enough for some people, we've had lots of requests to handle more advanced situations. Some examples are US Ci...

magento - multiple tax rates

I've built a magento site for a Canadian company where each state has a Retail sales tax and a federal tax rate and these rates differ! So, I set up the rates, and the Tax is being calculated correctly, ie the sum of the two tax rates is being calculated correctly. however on selecting the breakdown of tax mode in the admin panel, it wou...

magento prices inclusive of tax

Hi there, I have set up my products so that their price is inclusive of Tax. However when I get to the Checkout page, the tax is being added to the Product Price. Where really it should only be there as a summary. Anyone know how to fix this? Regards, Fiona ...

add tax zone in oscommerce

Hi, I am using oscommerce for my site. I want that if product is purchased from certain state then tax will be applicable otherwise no tax for the product. How can i do this in oscommerce? Thanks in advance Avinash ...

Authorize.net, SIM (php), and adding variable tax for in-state purchase

I am helping a client with a simple "shopping cart" using SIM through authorize.net. Limited number of items, they don't change, really don't need a full-on shopping cart, EXCEPT that we must charge tax to Colorado customers (and we'd like to vary the shipping method, based on whether they need it fast or slow or international). Obviousl...

Magento Tax (Code)

Hello, how to exclude from product price tax in template? Thanks for response ! ...

Need a formula for calculating the tax portion of a total amount.

In Australia we have to advertise products with tax already added, so rather than say a product is $10 + $1 GST = $11, we normally work backwards and say "ok, total is $10, how much of that is GST ?" For example, for a $10 total, you do 10 * (1 /11) = 0.91, which is the tax component of the $10 total. My problem is I need calculate a fo...

Negative tax amount for quote product entity in MS CRM 4

Hi Guys Is there a way to apply negative tax amount into a tax field (e.g. quote product) in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4? ...

Harmonized sales tax headaches

Alright Im using the BambooInvoice software, and where I am, we have two sales taxes. This is how they work price of item * tax1 = Sum1Tax1 Sum1tax1 *tax2 = Final sales price Currently, Bamboo invoice does this Price of Item * tax1 = pricetax1 price of item * tax2 = pricetax2 Price of item + pricetax1 + pricetax2 and this is its co...

10cent per product tax magento

I would like to apply a flat 10 cent per product tax to my magento store, is there a way to set this up within the system already? ...

Accounting Online

I am a new freelancer and I need an online accounting stuff comparable to Quik Book Software. Any recommendation of what is good and cheap to use? ...

What is the meaning of uncategorized tax amounts?

Hi all, I am confused about uncategorized tax amounts, please give me an explanation about uncategorized tax amounts. Thanks & regards, varakumar.pjd ...

How to have different taxes applied to a configurable product in Magento (Depending on selected options)?

I have product (say a bottle of wine). I can sell it as an in bond item (no tax) or a duty item (attracts duty and VAT tax). How then can I apply this to a configurable product? I have set the tax class of duty simple product to a 'Taxable' product class. The in bond version has been set to 'None'. I have also setup the tax rule, whi...

I'm new to python, and trying to program a sales tax button for a calculator.

Hello, I just started programming in python not long ago, and I'm having trouble figuring out the rounding issue when it comes to tax and money. I can't seem to get decimals to always round up to the nearest hundredths place. for instance, in our state, sales takes is 9.5%, so a purchase of 5 dollars would make tax $.48, but in realit...

Is there a subscription product I can use to calculate tax?

I need some options for calculating sales tax. Here is a simple scenario:If given an address of a vendor and an address of a person that received goods - I need to make sure that we pay use tax if the vendor has not charged enough. Paying a subscription for up to date information is what I have in mind. I would be up for, consuming a ...