Re: Multiple Ship-To addresses and sales tax

[Ryan Hertz <rhertz@gyb.baits.com>]

At 07:03 AM 6/17/99 , Daniel Blake wrote:
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>>My question relates to sales taxes, and how that can be handled.  Is there
>>a way to calculate tax on a product-by product basis, taking in a different
>>percentage depending on where the product is being shipped?

	Sure, you could add a field to each product containing the states in which
it can be shipped to, for one.  Or perhaps you could have a seperate cart
for each gift shipment.

>
>This isn't a MV question, but it is related to this topic.  What are the
>legalities of collecting sales tax from a web based business?

	I'm not an expert and this is only my opinion:  You must charge sales tax
for each state in which you are established to do business.  We have stores
in Arizona and Texas and charge salestax to customers from those states on
the web.  I would recommend contacting a CPA.

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>With a local business you only have to collect sales tax within your state.
>This seems to be the same with a mail order business.
>
>What would the difference be for a web based business?
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