Tax Rates by Zip Code for California

[Hands on Horses @www.hors]

Hi

As a mail order type business located in California, for in state
shipmants I am required to charge the tax for the county of the shipping
destination. There are multiple tax rates in California. The shopsite
defaults give all zip codes in California one tax rate.

Does anyone have a list or database of tax rates by zip code for
California?

I have not been able to find one and it will be very time consuming to
create one.

Thank you,

Barbara Silverthorne
Hands on Horses @www.horsefriendly.com

[loren_d_c]

Here is a site that lists state agency tax sites, which are the most
likely places to find this info:

http://www.taxsites.com/states/california.html

-Loren



"Hands on Horses @www.horsefriendly.com" wrote:

Hi

As a mail order type business located in California, for in state
shipmants I am required to charge the tax for the county of the shipping
destination. There are multiple tax rates in California. The shopsite
defaults give all zip codes in California one tax rate.

Does anyone have a list or database of tax rates by zip code for
California?

I have not been able to find one and it will be very time consuming to
create one.

Thank you,

Barbara Silverthorne
Hands on Horses @www.horsefriendly.com

[Richard]

Barbara,
Unless you have a physical location in each of those counties or you deliver
yourself in each of those counties then you don't have to worry about local
county taxes. Just apply the tax rate in your own county.
Check with your accountant first

Richard

[crjolliff]

Barbara,
Be careful... don't believe everything you read in a forum. Richard is incorrect. I called the CA Board of Equalization this morning to find out what tax rate to use when selling to buyers out of my county; they told me that merchants must use the buyer's local sales tax rate.

Here is the BoE's web address: http://www.boe.ca.gov They have rates broken down by city and county, but unforunately not by ZIP.

Here is a site that has tax rates broken down by ZIP, but you have to buy the list: http://www.taxdatasystems.com/productca ... 41#details

I hope this helps everyone.

[jndtc]

Actually, Richard is correct. I have been an on-line merchant in California for over 15 years. I have spoken to many folks over the years at the BOE an received differing info so I finally asked for a written determination. Also, see publication 44 here; http://www.boe.ca.gov/pdf/pub44.pdf This is confusing to most but the bottom line is, and this has not changed, unless you are physically doing business, or have a nexus or representative in that district, then you are obligated to collect only the base tax for CA. Of course sales in your district must have tax collected at that rate.

[Karen]

This is great information. Has anyone configured this yet?
My question is primarily if you did this by zip code range.
Are there any other issues I need to be aware of when setting this up?

Any and all help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

[Karen]

I have obtained the California Tax listing and am in the process of updating the cart.

I do have a question, when I need to add a range of zip codes, can I do so without the question mark?

An example is I need to use a range of 93001 to 93012 for a specific tax rate. Can I enter it as "93001:93012" or "93001-93012"?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[Jim]

No, you have to use the ? or the exact zipcode.
So you could enter 9300? and 93010, 93011, 93012
With the 9300? covering 93001 to 93009 and the others as individual zips.

If there is no 93013 to 93019 then you could also use 9301? to cover the 10,11,12 but if there are others from 93013 you would need to enter them separately.

[Karen]

Thank you for the quick response. I appreciate it very much.