Pierpoint-Martin Launches Worry-Free Sales Tax Service For E-Tailers And Direct Marketers

SANTA ANA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 15, 2003--E-Commerce outsource and information technology provider Pierpoint-Martin today announced the launch of its new Sales Tax Service for e-tailers, direct marketers, and other businesses who need to collect sales tax on sales to multiple states.

There are several thousand sales tax jurisdictions in the United States with a complex array of state, county, city, and local tax rates. To complicate matters, items such as labor and freight are taxable in some jurisdictions, and not taxable in others. Some states even have sales tax maximums. All this makes collecting sales taxes for multiple states an extremely daunting task for most companies.

Pierpoint-Martin's new Sales Tax Service offers an easy solution to this problem. With its Sales Tax Service, Pierpoint-Martin not only provides its clients with the necessary technology to accurately calculate and collect sales tax for all U.S. jurisdictions. When it is time to report and remit the taxes collected, Pierpoint-Martin provides the client with a format that helps to make tax return preparation easier and less time-consuming.

"With the dizzying array of tax rates across the country, most companies simply do not have the technology or manpower to collect and report sales taxes for all jurisdictions," said Pierpoint-Martin President David Cracas. "The Pierpoint-Martin Sales Tax Service finally makes multi-state sales tax collection a possibility for all companies."

About Pierpoint-Martin

Pierpoint-Martin (www.pierpoint-martin.com) is an e-commerce outsource and information technology provider. Founded in 1993, Pierpoint-Martin provides technology and services for e-commerce, accounting, inventory management, fulfillment, transaction processing, and customer relationship management for a variety of public and private organizations including nutritional supplement retailer General Nutrition Corp. (GNC), e-tailer FitBuy.com, and the California Lottery.

Contacts

Pierpoint-Martin, Santa Ana

Michael Mann, 714/557-5042

SVP@pierpoint-martin.com