We have taken the commercial grade plug in written for the cloud service from Avalara,inc (AvaTax) - typically prescribed by accountants who use AvaTax for their erp systems, or sites that have Nexus in multiple states - and replaced the call to their service - with a call that parses the zip code rate files from the web site - http://taxrates.com.
Each state has it's own file, which can be downloaded and updated each month. The tables are provided as a FREE service to smaller businesses who want to do the right thing with sales tax, but are not ready to engage one of the commercial services.
The focus of the module has been simplicity. An install that does not impact core modules or files. To download and copy the tax rate data files to a folder on the server. To conform to the Zen Cart plug in administration standards.
The plug in is FREE and does not have "additional" paid services (like reporting etc) lurking. If you are a larger site, accounting compliance will guide you the appropriate service for your budget. This plug lets you get the rate right, charge sales tax on shipping where needed, and be done!
To see in operation for WA, CA, NV and NY - see demo at - http://zc-tr.posture4u.com/
Reporting is a spreadsheet at the end of the year!
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