System and method of calculating sales tax based upon geographic region
OwnerCharles M. LaMotta, Adam Workmaninventors
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Abstract
A computer system is provided which includes a geographical region component that determines one or more geographical regions associated with a product ship-to address or a seller's address. The system includes a tax district component which determines one or more appropriate tax districts associated with the one or more predetermined geographical regions. The system also includes a tax component which determines the taxes associated with the one or more predetermined tax districts.
Claims21
A method in a computing environment for determining the taxes associated with an Internet transaction, the method comprising:
- determining one or more geographical regions associated with one of a product ship-to address and a seller's address;
- determining the taxes associated with each said geographical region;
- and
- computing the taxes associated with the Internet transaction based upon the taxes associated with said geographical regions.
A method in a computing environment for determining the taxes associated with an Internet transaction, the method comprising:
- determining an address identification value associated with one of a product ship-to address and a seller's address which are associated with the transaction;
- determining at least one geographical region identification value for said address identification value;
- determining at least one tax district identification value associated with said determined geographical region identification value;
- determining the taxes applicable to said tax district identification value;
- and
- computing the tax associated with Internet transactions.
A computer system for determining the taxes associated with an Internet transaction, the computer system comprising:
- a geographical region component which determines one or more geographical regions associated with of one of a product ship-to address and a seller's address;
- a tax district component which determines one or more appropriate tax districts associated with the one or more predetermined geographical regions;
- and
- a tax component which determines taxes associated with the one or more predetermined tax districts.
A computer readable medium containing a data structure for storing information associated with the computation of taxes of an Internet transaction, wherein said data structure comprises:
- an address/geographical region table including within a record a value associated with a particular address, and one or more values associated with the geographical regions of said address;
- a geographical region/tax district table including within a record a value representing a geographical region, and one or more values representing the tax districts associated with said geographical region;
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- a tax table including a record containing a value associated with a tax district, and an appropriate tax computation for said tax district.
A computer readable medium containing a method for determining the taxes associated with an Internet transaction, wherein the method comprises:
- determining one or more geographical regions associated with one of a product ship-to address and a seller's address;
- determining the taxes associated with each predetermined geographical region determined to be associated with said address;
- and
- computing the taxes associated with the Internet transaction based upon the taxes associated with the geographical regions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.