EnCORE NJ Recycle Tax Calculation

From EnCORE support:

Here is the exact formula the custom New Jersey commercial recycle tax uses. It is calculated automatically during recurring charges processing, not per individual invoice.
Recycle Tax = Container Size (cubic yards) x Service Frequency (pickups per week) x Number of Units x 4.33 x 0.225, rounded to 2 decimals.
Breaking down the two constants, which match how Nick described it:

·         0.225 is the cubic-yards-to-tons conversion of 0.075 tons per cubic yard multiplied by the $3.00 per-ton tax rate (0.075 x 3.00 = 0.225).

·         4.33 is the average number of weeks in a month (52 / 12), which turns the weekly service frequency into a monthly volume.

So the steps are:

1.       Monthly cubic yards = container size x pickups per week x number of units x 4.33

2.       Monthly tons = monthly cubic yards x 0.075

3.       Recycle tax = monthly tons x $3.00

A couple of behaviors worth knowing:

·         It only populates the recycle-tax amount when that line is currently zero. It will not overwrite a tax amount that is already calculated.

·         It only affects unbilled charges. Once a charge has been invoiced, the tax on that line is not recalculated.