E-Commerce Web Sites Use StrikeIron’s Sales & Use Tax Web Service to Improve Customer Service
Real-time access to sales tax information ensures accurate results saving companies time and money
Research Triangle Park, NC – July 12, 2005 – StrikeIron Inc., developer of the innovative StrikeIron Web Services Business Network™ (WSBizNet™) to simplify working with Web services, today announced that Ontario Credit Corporation, a leasing company and Minigrip/Zip-Pak®, a manufacturer of plastic bags, are saving time and money by taking advantage of StrikeIron’s Sales & Use Tax Premium Web service. The StrikeIron Sales & Use Tax Premium Web service allows users to instantly receive the rates for any zip or postal code in the United States.
Technotribe, the Web development company for Minigrip/Zip-Pak®, was in the process of implementing the e-commerce site to allow the manufacturer to sell their resealable bags online directly to the consumer and learned that their shopping cart could not address the sales and tax issue for all 50 states. StrikeIron’s Premium Web service was able to conveniently integrate into their shopping cart with only minor modifications.
“Minigrip/Zip-Pak would not have been able to sell their standard and special-use bags online if we weren’t able to manage the taxes in real-time through the use of StrikeIron’s Sales & Use Tax Web service,” said Jack Clark, project manager at Technotribe. “StrikeIron’s support was excellent in helping us to work through technical issues on our end during integration.”
Ontario Credit Corporation faced a similar problem. With sales tax rates constantly changing all over the United States they faced the challenge of constantly updating this information. The company subscribed to another monthly download tax update service but found that the tax rates seemed to at least 30 days behind. Since Ontario sells equipment all over the U.S. they needed an instant and accurate service that was easy to use.
“With StrikeIron’s Sales & Use Tax Web service, I enter the zip code and instantly receive the accurate sales tax rate,” said Robin McMillen, controller at Ontario Credit Corporation. “We are able to charge our customer the correct tax, saving our company time, effort, and money. StrikeIron has enabled our sales tax department to provide accurate reporting to the sales tax jurisdictions.”
The StrikeIron Tax Data Systems Sales and Use Tax Premium Web Services provide a programmatic interface to live sales and use tax data provided by Tax Data Systems. Simply supply a zip or postal code and it will be instantly matched to the general sales and use tax rate levels for the state, county, city, MTA, SPD and more. The tax data is then delivered live via an XML-based Web service directly into any application, platform, product, or Web site. In addition, StrikeIron handles all the tax updates and the changes are seamless to the user. For more on this service, visit http://www.strikeiron.com/htmls/pws_taxdata_combined.aspx
“We are dedicated to providing the most reliable and trusted commercial Web services on the market today,” said Bob Brauer, president and co-founder at StrikeIron. “These customer success stories are the very reason that our team works hard everyday to ensure that we continue to provide valuable data via Web services.”
About StrikeIron
Based in Research Triangle Park, NC, StrikeIron, Inc. is the leader in Web services commercialization with its break-through StrikeIron Web Services Business NetworkTM (WSBizNetTM). WSBizNet provides an online commerce marketplace for providers and users to come together and easily publish, find and subscribe to commercial Web services. The WSBizNet Web services directory is the world’s largest and includes the StrikeIron Premium Web Services providing the most reliable and trusted commercial Web services available in the market. The Aurora Funds, Inc. provided funding for StrikeIron after recognizing the significant opportunity presented by Web services and this unique management team. For more information, visit www.strikeiron.com.
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Kristi Lee
SRK Communications
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