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KampData TaxEngine
Companies that use Microsoft Dynamic GP need a sales and use tax solution that is a natural fit with Dynamics and extends to their website storefront and other order entry systems. The KampData TaxEngine in conjunction with DynamicZip provides just such a solution.
The KampData TaxEngine is a .NET application written in C#. The TaxEngine Control Center provides access to the various windows, reports and utilities built into the TaxEngine. The real value of the TaxEngine is its Portal. The TaxEngine Portal is a powerful but clean and simple API that is easy to integrate with and utilize from your website or other order entry system.
The KampData TaxEngine calculates sales and use tax using the Microsoft Dynamics GP tax schedules and details. This calculation will produce the same result as would be produced by Microsoft Dynamics GP right down to the penny. Consequently, if you import the transaction into Microsoft Dynamics GP and recalculate the tax as part of the import, the resulting invoice including tax amount will agree with what was calculated by your website or other order entry system.
The tax calculation is performed right on your server or workstation. There is no reliance on an external source such as a web service. The tax rates are stored in your Microsoft Dynamics GP SQL Server databases. Your transaction tax history is built right into Microsoft Dynamics GP. There is no need to reconcile disconnected tax history records with your internal accounting system history. They are one and the same. Your sales and use tax reports are generated right on your server or workstation directly from your Microsoft Dynamics GP transaction history.
The KampData TaxEngine can optionally save the transaction tax history in its own SQL tables that are added to the Microsoft Dynamics GP company database when the TaxEngine is installed. These tables also store the tax setup information such as rates, location codes, etc. As a result they provide a rich and easy to use supplemental source of transaction history reports.