Thanks for that, Steve. And I thought I had it bad in NY... :>)

>Sure Jim,
>
>For example in Canada...
>Ontario: 7% federal + 8% provincial = 15% (Wired in parallel)
>Quebec: 7% federal + 8% provincial on (value + federal)= 15.56% (Wired in series)
>
>Not only does this suck, but in some jurisdictions in other countries things like baby clothes, heating oil, and books are taxed, and in others they are tax exempt, or taxed federally but not provincially. You want objects to hide these sorts of implementation details from the mainline code...
>
>**--** Steve