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Originally Posted by AnemicOak
Figuring out sales tax for the 9,000 - 12,000 different tax jurisdictions
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I've probably left out a couple of things that theoretically can impose sales tax.
I have provided numbers, for those things which DuckDuckGo readilly provided an answer.
- State: 51 of these;
- County: 3,144 of these;
- City/Town/Village: 19,429 of these;
- Educational District: 16,210 of these;
- Fire District. There are 25,947 fire departments;
- Transporation District. 9,296 (^1) of these
- Water and Sewage Districts: 54,000 of these;
- Convention District;
- Historical District: 2,300 of these;
- Stadium District;
- Tourism Board;
- Port Authority: 183 of these;
As such, I'd suggest 12,000 is a vast underestimate of the number of different tax rates.
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isn't easy without such software.
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The big issue is knowing where the tax lines fall. If those lines have been accurately translated into geographical co-ordinates, and all physical addresses have also been accurately translated into geographical co-ordinates, then a simple database is all that is needed.
The usual case is that neither tax lines, nor physical addresses have been accurately translated into geographical co-ordinates.
^1: This is the highest 4 digit NTDID I could find. I'm not sure if these numbers are sequentially issued.
Amber