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Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:26:27 -0700
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Subject: Re: News: Democrats push for new Internet sales taxes
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each state is required to have a database of taxes for the wireless 
industry.
The Washington State legislature adopted the Mobile Telecommunication 
Sourcing Act (the Act), chapter 67, laws of 2002. The Act implements 
federal legislation that establishes uniform rules for determining the 
place of sale of mobile telecommunication services (wireless telephone 
service).
so they provide a GIS database.
http://dor.wa.gov/content/FindTaxesAndRates/wiredownload.aspx
I expect other states will provide the same soon.
http://www.nga.org/cda/files/001129WIRELESS.pdf
ofbiz is capable of storing this info as it is laid out.
it is good down to zip+4

the only thing left is to find all the URL for downloads and make the 
appropriate import datafile for them.

following the zipsales example of pulling in the data.
in my case i already had a tax base that I implemented in ofbiz as a SAS.
the ofbiz service follows more the taxware way to communicate with my 
SAS server.

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BJ Freeman  <http://bjfreeman.elance.com>
Strategic Power Office with Supplier Automation  <http://www.businessesnetwork.com/automation/viewforum.php?f=52>
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Mike Z sent the following on 7/7/2010 7:30 AM:
> 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?
>