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In some cases there are partial sales tax rebates. I did one a few years go
which had to allow for percentage GST rebates, i. e. 7% tax ... less 68% of
the 7% if ... whatever.

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Lyle

Tony Toews <ttoews@telusplanet.net> wrote in message
news:370ae220.125055920@news.telusplanet.net...
> Folks
>
> I'm a programmer and I've got to setup some systems to handle sales
> taxes.  So I'd like to setup as complex a system as I'll need right
> now which will last me a long time into the future.   Well, ok, maybe
> only to the next budget in some govt somewhere.  <sigh>
>
> So I'd appreciate some examples from around the world. I'll attempt to
> summarize any responses and post on a website.  With all kinds of
> disclaimers about how this is from a programmers perspective and you
> getta check these out yourself.
>
> Here in Canada we have the federal GST, provincial PST and, in some
> provinces, a harmonized HST which covers both.  So Canadians need two
> tax lines.   If someone is exempt from PST we may need to enter their
> certificate number.  When it comes to GST everyone pays it but, if
> exempt, they claim it back from the govt so it's not the vendors
> problem.  Sometimes the PST is based on the sale amount and other
> provinces the PST is based on both the sale amount and the GST amount.
> What happens if you're in one province with a PST and sell to another
> province with a PST?  (Being in Alberta we have no PST so I haven't
> had to worry about this.)
>
> In the U.S., or so goes my understanding, you can have a state sales
> tax and a city/municipality/county sales tax.   And the sales taxes
> can differ depending on whether you deliver the goods into a different
> city/municipality/county.   Some companies collect sales taxes from
> many states while others only from the state in which they reside.  I
> seem to recall that some states, TX maybe, can have a health or
> hospital district sales tax or a few other levels of sales taxes.
>
> Hows about other countries?
>
> So far it would appear I need only two rows/layers of sales taxes
> although with many different taxing authorities, percentages and the
> odd calculation quirk in each layer.
>
> Are there any websites out there with multi country sales tax
> discussions?
>
> Thanks, Tony
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