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We understand sales and use tax calculations are complex. With over 7,000 district tax authorities, even the best intentions for accurate tax collecting can quickly go wayward. To make tax reports easier, Service Objects' DOTS FastTax web service provides accurate tax rate data for every unique jurisdiction throughout the United States and Canada.

Service Objects' DOTS FastTax is a hosted, programmable XML web service that allows you to lookup up-to-date sales and use tax rate information for every U.S. and Canadian tax jurisdiction. DOTS FastTax^SM allows you to integrate sales and use tax rate information lookup into your applications, business processes, and Web sites. DOTS FastTax enables a simple, quick, and accurate way to calculate sales tax and use tax, via XML for only pennies per transaction.

Service Objects' DOTS FastTax is provided as an XML-SOAP-WSDL Web service. The service supports several POST, GET, and SOAP methods; it allows you to integrate sales and use tax information into your applications as if the entire database were stored locally on your machine.

As you can see in the above example, the sales and use tax rate in a specific location has three parts: the state tax rate, the county tax rate, and any city tax rate that may be in effect.

<?php $Key = "ENTER LICENSE KEY HERE"; $params = array("PostalCode"=>"93111",     "TaxType"=>"sales",     "LicenseKey" => $Key); $soapClient = new SoapClient("http://trial.serviceobjects.com/ft/FastTax.asmx?WSDL"); $SoapResponse = $soapClient->GetTaxInfo($params); $ResultNode = $SoapResponse->GetTaxInfoResult; if (!isset($ResultNode->Error))     if (isset($ResultNode))       foreach($ResultNode as $node) echo $node." ";     else echo "No response found"; else {     $ErrorNode = $ResultNode->Error;     foreach($ErrorNode as $node) echo $node; }?>

Download full PHP5 example code by clicking here.

The Internet Tax Ban only applies to basic Internet connectivity. The bill prohibits states and local governments from imposing fees for basic Internet services (like DSL). The bill does not prohibit sales tax on Internet purchases.

Generally, companies selling over the Internet are subject to the same sales tax collection requirements as any other retailer. The amount of tax charged depends upon many factors - including the location of the seller, the type of item purchased, and the destination of the shipment.

Hosted tax data allows you to use web services to access the raw sales tax data you need to determine the correct tax to apply to your online orders. By employing a simple script, you can accurately calculate tax obligations within your applications.