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From: larrys@crg5.UUCP (Larry Scheurich)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: List of Zip Codes with Cities and States Needed
Message-ID: <20096@crg5.UUCP>
Date: 4 Oct 90 18:11:06 GMT
References: <2620@speedy.mcnc.org> <5910010@hpcupt1.HP.COM> <8778@helios.TAMU.EDU>
Reply-To: larrys@crg5.UUCP (Larry Scheurich)
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Inc
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>
>I am going to regret this, but I used to get the zip code tapes from
>USPS. I quit getting them a few months ago (when they started charging
>for them).
>
>If someone sends me mail, we can figure out how to get a copy of these
>_huge_ files to them. They are _LARGE_.
>
>-- 
> John Arthur Kane, Systems Analyst, Microcomputer Support and Training
> Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843  (409) 845-9999
>
> jak9213@helios.tamu.edu     profs: x043jk@tamvm1.tamu.edu

We use a company called Vertex to get tax rates of cities, counties, and
states (along with countires like Puerto Rico).  They're really reliable, 
and my users have informed me that the rates are always accurate.  They're
from the Philadelphia area, and they send out updates once a month.


--
Larry Scheurich				uunet!sequent!larrys
Financial Systems Analyst
Sequent Computer Systems		(503)-526-4240
Beaverton, OR

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