RE: US Zip codes -- MIDRANGE-L

Al, this maybe true for Minnesota but there are many local jurisdictions which only apply to a part of a Zip code and not the other. New York State has some. I suspect NYS is not alone.

Glenn

At 11:15 AM 10/5/2003 -0400, Al Barsa wrote:

Glenn,

All I can tell you, is that in the State of Minnesota (where we collect
sales tax for TAA Tool), zip codes rule for tax.

Al

Al Barsa, Jr.
Barsa Consulting Group, LLC

400>390

914-251-1234
914-251-9406 fax

http://www.barsaconsulting.com
http://www.taatool.com


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This is program defined  file you are dealing  with in the
concatenated  city  state  with no  rules.

Zip  code is not  good  for taxing  jurisdictions  either. There is  a
statistic out there some  place  that says  this is a real NO NO

At 10:45 PM 10/4/2003 -0500, Booth Martin wrote:
>Its not a stupid question at all.
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>The application was installed prior to 1983.  For whatever reason they
made
>city & state one field.  Zip code is accurate, but the city & state have
no
>pattern.  State is quite often 2 letters, but just as often its the old
>abbreviations, or spelled out completely.  This is one of those delicate
>matters of balance.  Where does one stop in modifying code this old?  For
>example these are program described files.  Modifying a file is a major
>undertaking.
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>Date: Saturday, October 04, 2003 21:26:46
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>Booth,
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>Stupid question but don't you have a state field in each customer record
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>Chuck
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