The Local Tax Setup page defines a tax rate percentage per state/locality. This is an optional feature, maintained by the Seller, used in the calculation of the Credit Hold and estimated BOL cost.

If a country is not listed in the table of results, select a country from the Add Country arrow and click Add Country.

Local Tax Field Descriptions

The following fields are available on the Local Tax Setup page.

Field Description
Type:

Specifies the tax rate type as cents per gallon or percentage. Options are:

  • Value
  • Percentage
Rate: Specifies the currency used in the tax rate calculation per unit of measure, if Percentage is selected in the Type field.
Volume:

Provides the currency used in the tax rate calculation per unit of measure, if Value is selected in the Type field.

Options are:

  • USD
  • EUR
  • GBP
  • NOK
  • CAD
  • Gallons
  • Imperial Gallons
  • Kilo Barrels
  • Liters
Weight:

Contains the currency used in the tax rate calculation per unit of measure, if Value is selected in the Type field.

Options are:

  • USD
  • EUR
  • GBP
  • NOK
  • CAD
  • Imperial Ton
  • Kilograms
  • Metric Ton
  • Pounds
  • Ton
Comments: Displays comments when modifying a tax rate. This is an optional field.

Credit Hold Calculation Formula

Below is the formula for calculating the Credit Hold :

State Tax Amount = Decrement Amount x the State/locality Tax Rate for the Consignee

Estimated Load Cost calculation formula

Below is the formula for calculating the Estimated Load Cost:

State Tax Amount = Gross Gallons from each finished product BOL line x the State/locality Tax Rate Per Gallon

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