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NAME

FS::Misc::Geo - routines to fetch geographic information

FUNCTIONS

get_censustract LOCATION YEAR

Given a location hash (see FS::location_Mixin) and a census map year, returns a census tract code (consisting of state, county, and tract codes) or an error message.

get_district LOCATION METHOD

For the location hash in LOCATION, using lookup method METHOD, fetch tax district information. Currently the only available method is 'wa_sales' (the Washington Department of Revenue sales tax lookup).

Returns a hash reference containing the following fields:

- district - tax (percentage) - taxname - exempt_amount (currently zero) - city, county, state, country (from

The intent is that you can assign this to an FS::cust_main_county object and insert it if there's not yet a tax rate defined for that district.

get_district will die on error.