AmericanTax 2.3 build: 9123 released: 2008-03-03

Calculates American sales taxes.

Copyright (c) 2008 Canadian Mind Products.

Java Applet (that can also be run as an application).
Download from http://mindprod.com/products2.html#AMERICANTAX

===> Free <===
Full source included.
You may even include the source code, modified or unmodified
in commercial programs that you write and distribute.
May be used freely for any purpose but military.
For more details on this restriction, see
http://mindprod.com/roedy.html#NONMILITARY
If you include any Canadian Mind Products code in your own applications,
your app too must be labeled non-military use only.
All Java jars and source code are included.

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Prerequisites:

This program runs under any OS,
(e.g. Win2K/XP/Vista/OSX/Linux/Solaris/Vista64/AIX...) so long as you have
<><> Java version 1.5 <><> or later installed.
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/installingjava.html for details.

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Installing:

Download source and compiled class files to run on your own machine as an application or Applet.
First install a recent Java JDK or JVM.
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/installingjava.html.
To install, extract the zip download with Winzip
(or similar unzip utility) into any directory you please,
often J:\ --  ticking off the <i>&ldquo;user folder names&rdquo;</i> option.

To run as an application,type:
java -jar J:\com\mindprod\americantax\americantax.jar 

adjusting as necessary to account for where the jar file is.


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Rebuilding:

The zip already contains the necessary class and jar files, so unless you modify
the program, there is no need to recompile the source or rebuild the jar.
Configure basedir="E:/" in rebuild.xml to the drive where your files are.
Use ANT and rebuild.xml, not build.xml, to recompile and recreate the jar.

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Use:


Calculates American sales taxes, state and district.

Java Applet that can also be run as an application.
Requires Java version 1.5 or later.

Java source code and sample HTML included.

This version computes by adding sales tax to a base price.
It currently does not work in reverse given the final price
working backwards to get the taxe and base price.  In other
words it will not tell you the sticker price to make
something come out even after taxes are added. However, it
has a spinner that lets you approximate that function.

Just select the buyer's state and district, enter the amount
of the sale and hit calc.  You can adjust the sale amount
with a spinner.

If you are a business, you don't have to collect sales taxes
from people in other states unless you have a business
presence in that state.  In that case, you must collect just
the state tax, not the local tax.

It does not have county/city local sales tax tables for all
states. Tables are complete for the following states: CA,
CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, HI, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MT, NH, NJ,
NY, OR, RI, TX, VA, VT, WV.

Tables still need to be added to deal with local taxes for
the following states: AK AL AR AZ  GA IA ID IL KS LA MN MO
MS NC ND NE NM NV OH OK PA SC SD TN UT WA WI WY.  If you
have the information, please pass it along.

The distributed version is absolutely identical to the
registered version, and includes Java source and sample
HTML. You may use the code freely in your own programs.  You
don't need to register multiple copies.

To install, Extract the zip download with Winzip, available from
http://www.winzip.com (or similar unzip utility) into any
directory you please, often C:\ -- ticking off the "user
folder names" option. To run as an application, type:

java -jar C:\com\mindprod\americantax\americantax.jar

adjusting as necessary to account for where the jar file is.

You can run the program without installing it as an Applet at
http://mindprod.com/applet/americantax.html

To install, Extract the zip download with Winzip, available from
http://www.winzip.com (or similar unzip utility) into any
directory you please, often C:\ -- ticking off the "user
folder names" option. To run as an application, type:

java -jar C:\com\mindprod\americantax\americantax.jar

adjusting as necessary to account for where the jar file is.

Version History

1.1 handles California, Colorado and New York
district sales taxes.

1.2 includes missing class file from jar.

1.3 documents missing local taxes for states: AK AL
AR AZ FL GA IA ID IL KS LA MN MO MS NC ND NE NM NV OH OK PA
SC SD TN TX UT VA WA WI WY.

1.4 corrects rate for NM.

1.5 corrects for VA.

1.6 puts in package com.mindprod.americantax.

1.7 adds an about box and check Java verzion.

1.8 adds JavaDoc to the source code.

2.0 2007-06-07 convert to JDK 1.5/Swing, add
spinner, add PAD, icon. Update and extend tax tables.

2.1 2007-06-09 add support for Florida and Texas.

2.2 2007-06-16 tidy up to switch over to JApplet and contentpane.

2.3 2008-03-03  correct spelling mistakes, display build and release date.