CorpSystem® Sales Tax Rates and Taxability Database for Utilities

With 46 state-level tax authorities and more than 10,000 counties, cities and local taxing districts, as well as a multitude of tax criteria for the natural gas and electric utility industries, staying in compliance has been next to impossible — until now.

Generated and formatted specifically for the natural gas and electric utility industries, the CorpSystem Sales Tax Rates and Taxability Database for Utilities imports sales and use tax data by jurisdictions directly into your ERP or POS system. This not only powers-up your processes, it also cuts down on your audit exposure so you can use your energy elsewhere.

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This database contains an extensive list of utility taxes, rules, services and related subcategories. It gives you the power to create accurate utility tax calculations, thereby reducing your audit risks while saving your tax department valuable time. In addition, you can:

• Save time during the monthly update process by easily loading the flat ASCII file (comma delimited or fixed length) into any operating environment with minimal programming.
• Get the answers you’re looking for with the industry’s most comprehensive taxability matrix that includes products and services taxability determinations, consumer-oriented taxability and taxability by jurisdiction.
• Access utility tax data through the ZIP+4 level and readily cross-reference ZIP or postal codes.
• Simplify your utility tax rate research process by eliminating manual tracking and input.
• Expect reduced audit penalties and fines by using tax information so accurate that even the IRS uses it.

Utility tax data include:

• All general retail sales and use
• Excise
• Franchise and privilege
• Gross receipts
• License
• Utility user
• Public utility
• Right of way
• Renewable energy investment charges
• Care fund surcharges
• Transition cost recovery charges
• Utility inspection and supervision fees
• System benefits charges
• Stadium taxes

Service data include:

• Commodity gas and electric
• Transportation and distribution charges
• High peak demand charges
• Miscellaneous fees
• Transportation and distribution charges
• General merchandise charges
• Basic service charges
• Recurring and non-recurring charges
• Scheduling fees

Provider types include:

• Regulated distributor
• Regulated supplier
• Non-regulated supplier
• Joint billers for commodity and distribution
• Regulated pipeline companies

Customer types include:

• Residential
• Commercial
• Industrial
• Agricultural
• Manufacturing
• Mobile home/residential

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There’s no reason to spend valuable time on anything other than managing and growing your business. With Sales Tax solutions developed and supported by CCH, you can be confident that your accounting department is using the most reliable utility sales tax compliance solutions available, which allow you to:

• Use CorpSystem® ZIPUtil Lookup to identify the specific utility tax rate types and related rates and surcharges.
• Take the guesswork out of determining the appropriate taxing jurisdiction and applicable utility tax rates and districts for your customers with CorpSystem® Site-US Tax.
• Automate the capture, organization and management of sales tax exemption and resale certificates with a state-of-the-art exemption certificate management solution.
• Incorporate CorpSystem® Sales Tax Online, a robust sales tax calculation solution that includes rates, taxability rules and address validation.
• Map your sales and use tax information to the appropriate fields on all applicable returns with CorpSystem® Sales Tax Returns Online.

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