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I'm trying to put together a database such that I can calculate sales/use tax rates for customer orders, based on the destination zip code of the ship-to recipient.
I have found services online that maintain these tax rates for each state/county/city and provide the data through a web service look-up tool (for a fee per lookup). However what I really want is just an excel sheet of every zipcode (or zipcode range) and the associated sales tax for that region. I'll then code my own tool to look up the associated tax rate. I don't mind if the data is not 100% accurate or if it's a bit outdated.
Anyone have a database like this and willing to help out a fellow startup?
While I have written many essays and research reports, I have just started my own blog to share some of my views in a more informal way.
The problem is: I posted my first blog entry both here on HN and also reddit but not a single person commented on it.
Feel free to tear it apart; criticism doesn't offend me. Looking for honest feedback on why these tech/business peeps didn't find anything to say about it.
http://shawster.com/blog/?p=22
Thank you.