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Currently with the Avalara Sales tax integration, sale tax is only calculated by the order for the state the product is shipping to. The reality is that different product types are taxed differently in different states and the proper way to calculate Sales tax is at the product level. If you spend the money for a system like Avalara this is critical. Pressero need a way to pass a line item sales tax code for various product types so systems like Avalara can calcualate the taxes. Exmaple: Apparel is taxable in most states but not in Minnesota so if a customer buys a shirt and a set of business cards there should be no tax for the shirt and tax on the BCs. A simple tax Code field at the product level would allow us to assign and map those codes to proper codes in Avalara so items are taxed coarrectly. As I understand it currently the Part Number is passed but that means you have to map every Part Number from every product and site to the corisponding tax code in a system like Avalara, very time consuming and a poor approach to the issue.
We are back at looking at a Sales Tax Compliance Service like Avalara or Tax Jar. Has there been any changes it how Avalara works with Pressero to allow for Product level sales tax calculations? Without this option an application like Avalara would not allow us to be be complient in states like Minnesota, New York and a few others when selling a range of items on the same site. Example: Apparel is taxed differently in Minnesota vs. North Dakota or Wisconsin, if the sale tax calculation does not recognize an apparel line item in an order vs. a set of Business Cards then in can not calculate the tax correctly in all the states.
Looking for anyone currently using Avalara and how it is working for you with Pressero. Please contact me if you are willing to share your experiences. Start with a comment on this thread.
Thank you
Bill Andringa
Range Printing