DOTS FastTax

Instantly Calculates Sales and Use Tax Rates for US and Canada

DOTS FastTax is a regularly updated Web service that integrates with websites and online applications, to instantly calculate sales and use tax for every US and Canada tax jurisdiction.

30-DAY USE

Overview

What is it?

DOTS FastTax (FT) is a hosted, programmable XML Web Service that provides you with real-time, up-to-date sales and use tax rate information for every U.S. and Canada tax jurisdiction. DOTS FastTaxSM allows you to integrate sales and use tax rate information lookup into your Web sites, applications, and business processes.

DOTS FastTax enables a simple, fast, and accurate way to calculate sales tax and use tax for only pennies per transaction.

Features & Benefits

FEATURES

Sales and use tax rate information updated monthly
2011 ready with over 50,000 tax rate updates for the new year
Locate current and correct tax rates by postal code, city/county/state, or exact street address.

Provides all U.S. and Canadian tax rates at the component level (state/province, county, city), and includes a combined rate value
Tax rates are provided securely via XML

BENEFITS

Saved time and resources. Automating your Sales and Use tax calculations offloads having to keep up with state tax and postal code changes.

More accurate results. Standardized addresses, to the ZIP+4 level, mean more accurate sales tax calculations. We use our own address validation Web service to standardize input addresses in order to deliver the most accurate results.

Security

SECURE SERVICES GUARANTEED 99.995% AVAILABILITY

Security

No customer data is retained or stored
HTTPS protocol encrypts transactions sent to
and from DOTS Web Services
Primary and backup data centers in separate geographic locations
Fully redundant, load-balanced hardware and Internet connections are used

Availability

Real-time XML Web service interface
Batch processing option also available
Service Level Agreement of 99.995%

Download Security and Operating Procedures

Pricing

PRICING CONVENIENT SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS TO CHOOSE FROM

We've made it easy for you by presenting our most popular packages. You may change your package settings at any time. If none of these packages meet your needs, or you would like to package multiple services, please contact us for a custom quote.

	Free Trial	Silver	Gold	Platinum	Volume
Monthly Subscription	Free	$119 / mo	$289 / mo	$479 / mo	Special pricing available for larger volume orders
One Time Setup Fee*	None	$95	$95	$95
Transactions	500 Total	5,000 / mo	20,000 / mo	40,000 / mo
24-7-365 Support	Included	Included	Included	Included	Included
Usage Reports	Included	Included	Included	Included	Included
XML/SOAP/HTTP API	Included	Included	Included	Included	Included
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* A one-time $95 activation fee applies on month-to-month agreements. No activation fee for one-year prepaid agreements.
Payment due upon account activation. Please call for additional volume discounts.

Developer's Tools

EXAMPLES & RESOURCES

Developer's Guide

Download the developer-written guide. It covers FT integration, Web service structure, request types and other pertinent information that will help you be successful in understanding and implementing this service.

Service Path

See the service path for FT and access several samples of SOAP requests and responses.

XML WSDL

See XML WSDL for descriptions of FT data types, details, interface, location and protocol.

Sample Code

See sample code available in ASP,C# and PHP.