Tax Calculation ProgramSystem Administration > System Settings > Customer System Settings > Interface System Settings > Alternate Tax Interface Control Settings
Customer > Electronic Interfaces > Alternate Tax Interface > Alternate Tax Interface Control Settings
Use this routine to maintain control settings required for the Alternate Tax Interface.
(Locked Field - STORIS Access Only) Select the alternate tax calculation
program you are using with STORIS. Options are: Vertex-O (Vertex® Transaction Processing - Sales
Tax Series “O” package), CCH®-Sales
Tax Online, or CCH®-Sales
Tax Office.
CCH Sales Tax Office cannot be used with the STORIS SaaS solution.
Use this field to activate the address cleansing feature in your selected tax interface program. You have the following options:
Not Active
Active
Many tax programs provide an optional "address cleansing" component that compares addresses in your system with the latest USPS-certified software, updating postal addresses and applying the proper 9-digit zip codes for U.S. addresses when necessary. If you activate this option, the STORIS system updates addresses with the cleansed addresses returned from the tax provider.
Request Time Out in SecondsEnter
the number of seconds you want STORIS to wait for a response from your
alternate tax calculation provider before timing out the request.
Use this field to indicate how often you want STORIS to run the Update Alternate Tax Interface Data routine as part of Generate Daily Reports (EOD) processing. The rules for entry in this field depend on which sales tax calculation provider you use.
If you use the interface to Vertex:
You can enter a number from 0 to 90 days.
The default is 1.
If you enter 0 or 1, the Update Alternate Tax Interface Data routine runs during EVERY Generate Daily Reports (EOD) processing.
If you enter a number greater than 1, the EOD process uses this number along with an internally stored "last refresh date" and the current date to determine when the Update Alternate Tax Interface Data is run.
If you leave this field blank, you disable the Update Alternate Tax Interface Data utility.
If you use the interface to CCH:
You can enter a number from 0 to 90 days.
If you leave this field blank, the Update Alternate Tax Interface Data routine is run during EVERY Generate Daily Reports (EOD) processing.
The number you enter here is used by the EOD process, along with an internally stored "last refresh date" and the current date, to determine when the Update Alternate Tax Interface Data is run.
Tax ID Expiration DaysEnter
the number of days you want to expire before the system attempts to re-verify
alternate tax ID's. Enter a number from 0 to 90. If you enter 0, the system
verifies alternate tax ID's each time they are used. If you leave
this field blank, the system does not attempt to re-verify alternate tax
ID's and so they do not expire.
For addresses with an associated alternate tax ID, STORIS receives an "as-of
date" from your alternate tax calculation provider and stores it
in the system. The system compares the as-of date with the number
entered here to determine if the alternate tax ID has expired and needs
to be re-verified.
Tax Adjustment GL AccountEnter
the offset GL posting account you want to use when making GL adjustments
for tax amount discrepancies encountered during the recovery posting of
completed orders to the Alternate Tax Interface. This condition can occur
if STORIS completes orders during a period when the Alternate Tax Interface
is unavailable.
Enter a liability-type account. For more information on GL accounts, access
the General
Ledger Assigned Account Settings.
Error LoggingThis setting
is used primarily by STORIS to research a reported problem. To enable
error logging, check the box. You should check this box only when research
is needed for reported problems. Otherwise, leave the box blank.
URLEnter the web address you
use when establishing communications with your alternate tax calculation
provider. This field is mandatory.
This tab is active only if using the Vertex® tax interface.
Use this field to specify where you want to maintain customer tax-exempt statuses. You have the following options:
Alternate Tax Interface: maintain customer tax-exempt status within your alternate tax calculation program (Vertex). (STORIS is not determining the tax status of a customer.)
STORIS: maintain customer tax-exempt status within STORIS. Send customer tax-exempt statuses to your alternate tax calculation provider (Vertex), along with customer address information, thus overriding settings on the Vertex system.
Use this field to specify where you want to maintain the taxable status for products. You have the following options:
Alternate Tax Interface: use your alternate tax calculation program (Vertex) to maintain the taxable status for products.
STORIS: use STORIS to maintain product taxable statuses. Send product taxable statuses to your alternate tax calculation provider (Vertex) along with the product code (SKU (stock-keeping unit) a unique number or code that distinguishes each product and service provided by a supplier.) and price, thus overriding the associated settings in your alternate tax calculation program.
If you
select Alternate Tax Interface, you disable the Tax Override Class
field in the Sales Tax
Settings.
Delivery Charge Tax ClassIndicate
the Tax Class code you
want to use when sending delivery charges to your alternate tax calculation
provider for tax calculation purposes.
Installation Charge Tax ClassIndicate
the Tax Class code you
want to use when sending installation charges to your alternate tax calculation
provider for tax calculation purposes.
Restock Charge Tax ClassIndicate
the Tax Class code you
want to use when sending restocking charges to your alternate tax calculation
provider for tax calculation purposes.
Trust IDEnter
the log-in key you want to use to establish communications with your alternate
tax calculation provider. If you do not establish a Trust ID, you must
set up a user name and password and send to your alternate tax calculation
provider to log in to the application.
Login IDEnter
the log-in key you want to use, along with the password, to establish
communications with your alternate tax calculation provider. The
Login ID and password are required if no Trust ID appears above.
PasswordEnter
the password you want to use, along with the log-in key, to establish
communications with your alternate tax calculation provider. The
Login ID and password are required if no Trust ID appears above.
This tab is active only if using the CCH® tax interface.
CCH Enrollment DateEnter the date on which you
began using CCH. This is your "live" date.
Serial NumberEnter the CCH serial number
provided to you by CCH. This is a required field.
Delivery Charge SKUYou must
define a SKU (stock-keeping unit) a unique number or code that distinguishes each product and service provided by a supplier. for delivery charges here
and in CCH. This setting is used to determine the taxing rules when delivery
charges are added to a sales order and must be part of the CCH setup.
When setting up this SKU in CCH, the product category should be set to
one of the FRGHT settings. Delivery charges are passed to CCH as line
items and this setting is used to determine, by state, whether or not
delivery charges should be taxed.
Installation Charge SKUYou must
define a SKU (stock-keeping unit) a unique number or code that distinguishes each product and service provided by a supplier. for installation charges
here and in CCH. This setting is used to determine the taxing rules when
installation charges are added to a sales order and must be part of the
CCH setup. Installation charges are passed to CCH as line items.
Restock Charge SKUYou must
define a SKU (stock-keeping unit) a unique number or code that distinguishes each product and service provided by a supplier. for restocking charges here
and in CCH. This setting is used to determine the taxing rules when restocking
charges are added to a sales order and must be part of the CCH setup.
Restocking charges are passed to CCH as line items.
