Local Sales Tax Mod - Support Thread

[batracy]

Thanks for providing this information batracy. I have a question, because I'm in New York. We're required to collect tax for anyone in New York, however the tax rate varies based on County (there is no city tax). Currently, using the Local Sales Tax mod, the mod calculates 4% sales tax for anyone in NY and adds whatever County tax on top of that, but as many have noted it does not work properly with Coupons or Gift Vouchers. It calculates the tax on the full amount and ignores any discount from a coupon or gift certificate.

Using your method, how would I set up my tax zones? Would I have to create a Zone for each NY County zip code (There are currently 2234 zip codes used in the Local Sales Tax mod for NY)? I imagine I could write an SQL to do such a thing, but wanted to make sure I'm understanding your method correctly.

Yes, you are understanding this correctly and would need to setup all 2234 zip codes in order to define each of the county taxing entities. This method is not perfect because of the amount of work to set it up (and maintain should the zip codes change), and the fact that all the zip codes show up in the state dropdown box, but it does work. I have it setup now for both of my stores.