RE: US Zip codes

["Booth Martin" <Booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

But those are not state-wide jurisdictions are they Glenn?  I only care
about state-wide jurisdictions. 
 
 
 
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From: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Date: Sunday, October 05, 2003 10:30:12
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion; Midrange Systems Technical
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Subject: RE: US Zip codes
 
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,
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>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
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>This is program defined file you are dealing with in the
>concatenated city state with no rules.
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>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
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>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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> >To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
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> >Subject: RE: US Zip codes
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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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