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    Sales Tax Module

    We have a client in New York who needs us to setup his store to collect a different percentage of sales tax for each county (there are about 75 or so).

    TaxCloud by e-business express seems like it will work for this. Does anyone use this module for this purpose?

    Are there any other solutions that aren't very expensive - one that doesn't have a monthly fee?

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    Re: Sales Tax Module

    I haven't seen another implementation of TaxCloud for Miva Merchant. Considering the module itself has no upfront costs, I don't think $9.95 a month for nationwide sales tax calculation is all that bad. It's possible you may be able to get another developer to create a module for a single cost if you are averse to perpetual monthly fees. TaxCloud is state-funded so the use of their APIs is completely free. Personally, I would love to see Miva put this in the core because it's a free service but I know their dancecard is fairly full at the moment with version 9.
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      #3
      Re: Sales Tax Module

      According to their webpage, it uses zip codes to calculate. So I was just curious if it will work for this particular customer or not. I agree, $10 per month isn't bad and definitely worth paying, I just want to make sure it works the way we need it to.

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        #4
        Re: Sales Tax Module

        Zip codes cross county lines (at least they do in Florida) making it nearly impossible to be precise about collecting sales tax. We gave-up on that idea and now collect sales tax based on our store location instead of the delivery location. No one has complained so far and fortunately for us most of our products are considered "intangible goods" not subject to sales tax.
        Bill Dunn
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          #5
          Re: Sales Tax Module

          Our AccurateTax module is already available for Miva Merchant. Although we do have a monthly fee, depending on the size of your business it may not be much. We have NO setup fees and NO long-term contracts to sign. And our service is based on the physical location of the store, which is necessary in NY (a zipcode doesn't always determine a tax rate in New York). We use latitude and longitude to be more specific than zipcodes. You can PM me or let me know if you'd like me to give you a call on Monday or whenever is convenient. Or ask me questions here if you'd like.

          Thanks,
          Susan
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            #6
            Re: Sales Tax Module

            In Florida the sales tax is calculated based on delivery County. Will AccurateTax do that?
            Bill Dunn
            SunCam, Inc.
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              #7
              Re: Sales Tax Module

              Bill, yes. AccurateTax handles every state, regardless of whether that state is based on county, zipcode, city, or some random undefinable geographic boundaries (like Washington state). BTW we're in Florida too, a couple hours south of you.

              Also we offer free trial accounts if you'd like to try the service in your own store. You can sign up for a free trial at http://www.accuratetax.com/signup/ or just contact me and I'll get you rolling.
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                #8
                Re: Sales Tax Module

                And though I don't have any direct experience with AccuTax, I think its important to point out that Susan and Pete (AKA Accutax) have been in the Merchant community for dozens of years.
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                  #9
                  Re: Sales Tax Module

                  Thanks Bruce! Not quite "dozens" but it's been 15 years now...hard to believe!
                  Susan Petracco
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