Patent ID: 8156019

Claim:
An electronic system for generation of accounts payable processing system tax rules comprising: a tax account system implemented on a processor for electronically generating an account for a tax jurisdiction; an over-tax rule system for electronically generating one or more rules for paying a tax amount in excess of a required tax amount associated with the tax jurisdiction; an under-tax rule system for electronically generating one or more rules for processing a tax amount that is less than the required tax amount associated with the tax jurisdiction; and a freight system for electronically allocating a first portion of a freight charge to a first underlying charge to which the first portion of the freight charge applies, where the first underlying charge is taxable in a tax jurisdiction associated with the first underlying charge, and for allocating a second portion of the freight charge to a second underlying charge to which the second portion of the freight charge applies, where the second underlying charge is not taxable in a tax jurisdiction associated with the second underlying charge.