We were looking for a module like this for New York state. Another developer offered a version that he'd made based on yours (see www.ubercart.org/forum/ideas_and_suggestions/11305/new_york_state_taxes).

I've combined what he did with your latest development release, to create this version (attached), and am posting that in case it's helpful to anyone else.

It would be best if these, and perhaps code / data for other states, could be combined to create a generic state tax module, so that's my suggestion / request, for your consideration.

Thanks for your work on the FL module -- it works nicely for NY for us now.

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#4 uc_taxes_nysalestax.zip10.81 KBdpearson
uc_taxes_nysalestax.zip16.23 KBailgm

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3cwebdev commented
Status: Active » Closed (fixed)
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ailgm commented

Why closed?

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3cwebdev commented

Sorry, I had closed this because there was no activity for several months and your post did not require any input on this module.

Your module, of course, can still be downloaded. As far as a generic tax module: this is beyond my scope and a believe it would not really be practical because the tax laws and methods of calculating taxes varies greatly between states, counties and cities. Because the methods vary, the mechanism for calculating taxes in the module couldn't be the same for all states.

There is an UC module that tackles this using a paid subscription and web services that may be worth looking into:

Ubercart theSTC.com Taxes

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dpearson commented
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new uc_taxes_nysalestax.zip10.81 KB

I've just updated this to reflect new NY State tax tables, new zip codes, fixed a few typos in the tables, and made the install file a lot smaller. This one installs without any duplicate key warnings.

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loze commented

I know this post is sort of old, but has anyone made this NY sales tax mod for d.7 drupal commerce?

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jakew commented

dpearson or ailgm, where did you get the tables of information, and where could I find it now? It's time to update this again, and I want to look into porting it to Commerce.

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ailgm commented

I got the information from the developer on the ubercart note (which I think you've seen). I'm not sure where he got it from. DPearson may be able to provide a data source, since he was able to update it from what I posted.

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dpearson commented

Apologies for not checking this more often -- I got the current rates from "New York State Sales and Use Tax Rates by Jurisdiction", NYS publication 718, available here:

http://www.tax.ny.gov/pdf/publications/sales/pub718.pdf

It doesn't seem to have changed since I posted the update. The zipcode to city/county data came from a collating several zipcode tables, I couldn't find one that seemed to be definitive. The post office probably has one, but I couldn't figure out how to get it.

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thinkyhead commented

I'm trying to use this for a site and store based in New York City, and I'm wondering if it does any special handling for clothing? The current tax rules apparently exempt clothing under $110 from the surtax. And is it the general rule that there should be NO TAX applied when shipping to locations outside of New York State? And, some taxes are applied to the Shipping line, but which ones? Thanks for any guidance you can provide!