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I always love it when I do not have to maintain something...too much to
maintain already!!

Thanks for the info from everyone!



M. Manasa Reddy
manasa@...
P: 630-806-2000
F: 630-806-2001


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From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of leannah
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 8:07 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] Re: Tax connect



We are using tax connect and have been since it first came out.

Our business model is heavily distributor oriented and that presents
problems for Epicor's part of Tax Connect. If you are using Alternate
Bill To or your business model is distributor related - there are a
number of bugs. On 404B the Epicor interface does not pass Alternate
Bill To properly in the interface so taxes are not calculated
correctly in some instances. Another pain is a problem we have where
approximately every 30 invoices Tax Connect stops working, so you can
only invoice in groups of 30 or so - again the Epicor interface has
trouble. There is also a bug where, during bulk address validation if
you have an & (ampersand) in the company name or address, the
interface destroys the name and address that you had on file. From
what I have been told, most of the bugs we hit will be cleared in
406. The Avalara side has worked well. Overall tax connect is easy to
setup - just be careful in your Pilot environment that you have a
development site setup with Avalara or you turn tax connect off or
you'll end up reporting taxes from transactions in Pilot.

The best part of tax connect - No IT maintenance to tax tables or any
of it.
Dave

--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ,
"Manasa Reddy" <manasa@...> wrote:
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> Wondering who is using this module? How easy was it to set up?
Pitfalls? Advantages vs disadvantages? Demo worth looking at?
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> Thanks for your help!
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> M. Manasa Reddy
> ERP / Inventory & Procurement Manager
> Welding Company of America
> manasa@...
> P: 630-806-2000
> F: 630-806-2001
>
>
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Wondering who is using this module? How easy was it to set up? Pitfalls? Advantages vs disadvantages? Demo worth looking at?

Thanks for your help!



M. Manasa Reddy
ERP / Inventory & Procurement Manager
Welding Company of America
manasa@...
P: 630-806-2000
F: 630-806-2001



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Manessa we used it and after going through what appeared to be one of the original "beta's" last January it turned out to be a great product. It will update the correct tax percentages for city, state, local, etc plus it can go out and validate addresses for you on customers, ship to's etc. Definitely worth it if you have a lot of tax regions. Also helps with Tax Reporting

--- On Fri, 9/19/08, Manasa Reddy <manasa@...> wrote:

From: Manasa Reddy <manasa@...>
Subject: [Vantage] Tax connect
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, September 19, 2008, 3:23 PM






Wondering who is using this module? How easy was it to set up? Pitfalls? Advantages vs disadvantages? Demo worth looking at?

Thanks for your help!

M. Manasa Reddy
ERP / Inventory & Procurement Manager
Welding Company of America
manasa@weldcoa. com
P: 630-806-2000
F: 630-806-2001

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Great! Did it take a long time to set up?



M. Manasa Reddy
manasa@...
P: 630-806-2000
F: 630-806-2001


________________________________

From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Mark Wagner
Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2008 7:01 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Vantage] Tax connect



Manessa we used it and after going through what appeared to be one of
the original "beta's" last January it turned out to be a great product.
It will update the correct tax percentages for city, state, local, etc
plus it can go out and validate addresses for you on customers, ship
to's etc. Definitely worth it if you have a lot of tax regions. Also
helps with Tax Reporting

--- On Fri, 9/19/08, Manasa Reddy <manasa@...
<mailto:manasa%40weldcoa.com> > wrote:

From: Manasa Reddy <manasa@... <mailto:manasa%40weldcoa.com> >
Subject: [Vantage] Tax connect
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
Date: Friday, September 19, 2008, 3:23 PM

Wondering who is using this module? How easy was it to set up? Pitfalls?
Advantages vs disadvantages? Demo worth looking at?

Thanks for your help!

M. Manasa Reddy
ERP / Inventory & Procurement Manager
Welding Company of America
manasa@weldcoa. com
P: 630-806-2000
F: 630-806-2001

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No, but depending on the number of tax regions and customers you'll want to allow some time for testing before turning it on. Their support people we worked with were very helpful but back when we installed it appeared we were one of the first users to use it with Epicor and there were problems on the Epicor side. I assume those have all been worked out by now.

--- On Sat, 9/20/08, Manasa Reddy <manasa@...> wrote:

From: Manasa Reddy <manasa@...>
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Tax connect
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, September 20, 2008, 8:45 AM






Great! Did it take a long time to set up?



M. Manasa Reddy
manasa@weldcoa. com
P: 630-806-2000
F: 630-806-2001


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From: vantage@yahoogroups .com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups .com] On Behalf
Of Mark Wagner
Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2008 7:01 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups .com
Subject: Re: [Vantage] Tax connect

Manessa we used it and after going through what appeared to be one of
the original "beta's" last January it turned out to be a great product.
It will update the correct tax percentages for city, state, local, etc
plus it can go out and validate addresses for you on customers, ship
to's etc. Definitely worth it if you have a lot of tax regions. Also
helps with Tax Reporting

--- On Fri, 9/19/08, Manasa Reddy <manasa@weldcoa. com
<mailto:manasa% 40weldcoa. com> > wrote:

From: Manasa Reddy <manasa@weldcoa. com <mailto:manasa% 40weldcoa. com> >
Subject: [Vantage] Tax connect
To: vantage@yahoogroups .com <mailto:vantage% 40yahoogroups. com>
Date: Friday, September 19, 2008, 3:23 PM

Wondering who is using this module? How easy was it to set up? Pitfalls?
Advantages vs disadvantages? Demo worth looking at?

Thanks for your help!

M. Manasa Reddy
ERP / Inventory & Procurement Manager
Welding Company of America
manasa@weldcoa. com
P: 630-806-2000
F: 630-806-2001

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We are using tax connect and have been since it first came out.

Our business model is heavily distributor oriented and that presents
problems for Epicor's part of Tax Connect. If you are using Alternate
Bill To or your business model is distributor related - there are a
number of bugs. On 404B the Epicor interface does not pass Alternate
Bill To properly in the interface so taxes are not calculated
correctly in some instances. Another pain is a problem we have where
approximately every 30 invoices Tax Connect stops working, so you can
only invoice in groups of 30 or so - again the Epicor interface has
trouble. There is also a bug where, during bulk address validation if
you have an & (ampersand) in the company name or address, the
interface destroys the name and address that you had on file. From
what I have been told, most of the bugs we hit will be cleared in
406. The Avalara side has worked well. Overall tax connect is easy to
setup - just be careful in your Pilot environment that you have a
development site setup with Avalara or you turn tax connect off or
you'll end up reporting taxes from transactions in Pilot.

The best part of tax connect - No IT maintenance to tax tables or any
of it.
Dave


--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, "Manasa Reddy" <manasa@...> wrote:
>
> Wondering who is using this module? How easy was it to set up?
Pitfalls? Advantages vs disadvantages? Demo worth looking at?
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
>
>
> M. Manasa Reddy
> ERP / Inventory & Procurement Manager
> Welding Company of America
> manasa@...
> P: 630-806-2000
> F: 630-806-2001
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>