Tax Zone Import

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Tax Zone Import

To import Tax Zones go to Setup Menu > Store Information Setup, click on the Sales Tax tab, click the Edit Tax Zones button, then click "Function Key" menu > Import Tax Zone info from CSV file.

 

The tax zone import can import CSV files only. A CSV file is a plain text file with values separated by commas. You can export Excel files to CSV files in Microsoft Excel and other spreadsheet software. With this feature and the Tax Zone export feature you can now export to XLS, open the file in Excel, made edits, save to CSV, then import with the changes.

 

Below are the fields that can be imported. Note the fields can be in any order.

 

Field name

Alternate field names that can be used

Description

Required

zone

tax zone

This is the Tax Zone identifier, 15 alpha numeric  characters max

Yes

taxrate

total rate

Total tax rate, including state and all local taxes.

Yes

staterate

state rate

Tax rate for state

Yes

countyrate

county rate

Tax rate for county

No, but all rates together must = taxrate

cityrate

city rate

Tax rate for city

No, but all rates together must = taxrate

state


State abbreviation, 2 characters max

NO, but should be included

county


County name 25 characters max

NO

city


City name 25 characters max

NO

othertaxable

other taxable

Other charges are taxable "True" or "1" for taxable (defaults to not taxable)

NO

deliverytaxable

delivery taxable

Delivery charges are taxable "True" or "1" for taxable (defaults to not taxable)


processtaxable

process taxable

Processing charges are taxable "True" or "1" for taxable (defaults to not taxable)


store


Store number this zone is for (defaults to 0, all stores)

NO

td1

tax distr 1

Tax District 1 description, max 25 characters

NO

td1rate

td1 rate

Tax District 1 tax rate

NO

td2

tax distr 2

Tax District 2 description, max 25 characters

NO

td2rate

td2 rate

Tax District 2 tax rate

NO

td3

tax distr 3

Tax District 3 description, max 25 characters

NO

td3rate

td3 rate

Tax District 3 tax rate

NO

epozone


Zone to use for early payoff in this zone

NO

isactive


1 for active, 0 inactive (defaults to active)

NO

 

All rates can have values ".06" or "6%" for 6% for example.

 

The CSV file must have headers in the first line of the file, the fields can be in any order.

 

 

 

Below is an example of a CSV file with tax zone data

 

Tax Zone,Description,Total Rate,State Rate,County Rate,City Rate,State,County,City,Other Taxable,Delivery Taxable,Process Taxable,Tax Distr 1,TD1 Rate,Tax Distr 2,TD2 Rate,Tax Distr 3,TD3 Rate,EPOZONE,ISACTIVE

0001,"""test a long description of the tax zone here xxx""",0.06,0.06,0,0,GA,ORANGE,,True,True,False,TEST45,0,0,0,me,0,,1

0001EPO,test long zone,0.07,0.07,0,0,FL,,,True,True,True,,0,,0,,0,,1

0002,test,0.08058,0.04225,0,0.03833,GA,LAKE,,True,True,True,TEST D1,0,0,0,True,0,,1