Eclipse uses zip codes to determine tax rates for customers. A customer is normally taxed in the jurisdiction where they gain ownership of a product. Tax jurisdictions are assigned to zip codes.
For each zip code in which your company does business, assign a tax jurisdiction code. Your installer helps you use the Mass Load program to do this.
You can also enter:
A default tax geocode linked to a reduced tax rate, if you use the National Sales Tax Database companion product.
An override tax jurisdiction code for a branch.
An override tax jurisdiction code for additional city or special district taxes.
A default ship via that the system assigns to an order, based on the zip code of the customer, if there is no ship via defined for the terminal where the order is taken.
A default time for the first truck delivery stop in this zip code. The person in charge of manifests uses this time to schedule delivery stops.
Schedule the system to update sales tax and zip code files on a regular basis, so that you always have the most current sales tax and zip code information.
Before you use the Zip Code Maintenance screen, you must set the following:
The Automatically Update Zip/Zip+4 Files control maintenance record.
The ZIP.CODE.ENTRY authorization key.
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