[comp.databases] Tax rates database needed

gibsonlp@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Dean A Herman) (05/07/91)

Has anyone out there run into a product which gives the various tax rates in
the USA at state, county and city level?  I'm working for a third-party drop
shipper, developing applications to process our mail order business.  As far
as I have been told by the managment, we have to plan the system to apply the
sales tax at the point of purchase.  I always thought it was applied at the
point of sale, but it would make sense to keep the tax monies local, and I'm
told legislation to do just that is pending.

So, is there a product that lists sales taxes by zip code?  This gets to a
non-database question, do zip codes ever contain more than one tax "zone" ?
I'm familiar with the zip code databases, we use them to pull up city and
state info, and help decide how to label our packages for whatever carrier
we choose to send it via. Can anyone suggest any packages or companies we
might try contacting?

Thanks, 

	- Dean A. Herman