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sullis
April 15, 2014
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Taxes and Payments at Gilt
presentation given at the Portland Java User Group
April 15, 2014
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Transcript
Taxes and Payments at Gilt Sean Sullivan April 15, 2014
• gilt.com • Taxes • Credit cards • Alternate payment
methods
Gilt is an online retailer
www.gilt.com
www.gilt.com
Gilt Checkout
https://www.gilt.com/checkout
Gilt’s checkout system • reserve inventory • assign shipping address
• enforce shipping restrictions • identify eligible ship methods • calculate ship cost
Gilt’s checkout system • assign currency • identify eligible payment
methods • assign payment method to order
Gilt’s checkout system • identify eligible discounts • apply discounts
• apply account credits • calculate tax
Domestic orders
Different tax laws in each U.S. state
http://www.oregon.gov/dor/Pages/salestax.aspx “Oregon does not have a general sales tax (or
a use/transaction tax). “
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dof/html/business/nys_sales_tax.shtml Sales tax in New York state
Sales tax in New York state http://www.tax.ny.gov/bus/st/sales_tax_rates.htm The combined sales
and use tax rate equals the state rate (currently 4%) plus any local tax rate imposed by a city, county, or school district. [...] The combined rates vary in each county and in cities that impose sales tax.
Use a commercial tax calculator
http://www.vertexinc.com/Solutions/indirect/vertex-o-series.asp
• O Series On Demand (SAAS) • SOAP API •
generate SOAP client with Apache CXF • commit SOAP client source to a Git repo • publish library to internal Ivy repo Vertex integration @ Gilt
@WebService(targetNamespace = "http://www.vertexinc.com/oseries/services/ CalculateTax50", name = "CalculateTaxWS50") @XmlSeeAlso({com.vertexinc.oseries.tps_5_0.ObjectFactory.class}) @SOAPBinding(parameterStyle =
SOAPBinding.ParameterStyle.BARE) public interface CalculateTaxWS50 { @WebResult(name = "VertexEnvelope", targetNamespace = "urn:vertexinc:o- series:tps:5:0", partName = "VertexEnvelope") @WebMethod public com.vertexinc.oseries.tps_5_0.VertexEnvelope calculateTax50( @WebParam(partName = "part", name = "VertexEnvelope", targetNamespace = "urn:vertexinc:o-series:tps:5:0") com.vertexinc.oseries.tps_5_0.VertexEnvelope part ); } Generated code
International orders
borderfree.com
checkout system Borderfree checkout UI
Borderfree Checkout API • quoteRequest • placeOrderRequest
Credit card transactions
Credit card operations • AVS check • authorization • capture
• credit
checkout system payment system payment processor checkout UI order processing
system order queue
Credit card security
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payment_Card_Industry_Data_Security_Standard
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payment_Card_Industry_Data_Security_Standard
Public key cryptography
Encrypting credit card data 1. AJAX request: GET /get_publickey 2.
encrypt with JavaScript encryption library: rsa.encrypt(publicKey, ccData) 3. HTTPS POST to server
https://paysvc.giltvault.com/payment_service/ get_publickey?callback=demo
Gilt’s encryption key ceremony
http://tech.gilt.com/post/77092511313/scenes-from-the-annual-encryption-key-ceremony-at-gilt
http://tech.gilt.com/post/77092511313/scenes-from-the-annual-encryption-key-ceremony-at-gilt
Alternate payment methods
Gilt.com Checkout with PayPal
https://www.gilt.com/checkout
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Integrating with
• SOAP API • NVP API • REST API developer
API’s
• SetExpressCheckout • GetExpressCheckoutDetails • DoExpressCheckoutPayment Express Checkout
Emerging payment technology
Crypto currencies
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-25/bitcoin-is-property-not-currency-in-tax-system-irs-says.html
http://twitter.com/businessinsider/status/455825603988824064
The end
Bonus slides
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quill_Corp._v._North_Dakota
http://twitter.com/evanpro/status/238728001670479872