Integrate DOTS FastTax with your e-commerce application today.
The simplest way to get accurate sales tax rate information into your application.
- Real-time sales tax tables for the United States and Canada
- Transaction time of 500mS or less
- Example code for ASP, C#, Java, PHP, ColdFusion, Perl available
- Free 15-day trial period
- Accurate tax data for as low as 1½¢ per lookup
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 Canada tax jurisdiction. DOTS FastTaxSM 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, completely on the web for only pennies per transaction.
DOTS FastTax is a multi-database Web Service designed to provide the most accurate tax rate information. DOTS FastTax is compatible with existing application development technologies, and is based on industry standards such as XML, SOAP, and WSDL.
This service contains the sales and use tax rates by postal code for all states and Canadian territories - updated quarterly. DOTS FastTax will help save your company money by letting you focus on other duties, rather than trying to keep up with all of the state tax rate changes and postal code changes. Let us take care of the updates for you. Accurate tax calculations require accurate addresses. We utilize our own address validation service to standardize and verify full street addresses to the ZIP+4 level.
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 identity of the seller, the type of item purchased, and the destination of the shipment. In accordance with state tax laws, tax is generally calculated on the total selling price of each individual item.
Features:
- Tax rate information updated quarterly.
- Find current and correct tax rate by postal code, city/region, or exact street address.
- Provides all U.S. Canada tax rates at the component part level (state, county, city) , and it also includes a combined rate value.
- Tax rates are determined securely in real-time via an SSL connection.
And here's the best part -- because the rate information is stored on our servers there are no CD-ROMs to install and no database to administer. Try DOTS FastTax absolutely risk-free for 15 days.
Usage:
Returns current sales or use tax rates for a given postal code, city/state pair, or address within the United States and Canada.
Service Pricing:
| Package Plan |
Transactions Per Month |
Additional Transactions |
Monthly Access
Fee |
| Free Trial |
500 |
By Request |
Free |
| Developer Plan |
1,000 |
$0.072 |
$59.00 |
| Silver Plan |
5,000 |
$0.032 |
$119.00 |
| Gold Plan |
20,000 |
$0.019 |
$289.00 |
| Platinum Plan |
40,000 |
$0.016 |
$479.00 |
A one-time setup fee may apply, click here for details. If you require high-volume custom pricing, please call 1.800.694.6269
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