In Product Code Maintenance, on any Product Codes already designated as CARE, a drop-down box will appear to the right of that checkbox as follows:
Non-B2B Product Codes for Carpet Tile will require changes. This is because Carpet Tile is assessed at a higher rate than roll goods. In those cases, please change your selection to “Carpet Tile” in this drop-down menu.
In Catalog Maintenance, where CARE is active, at the bottom right of the screen, the Cost Tab section will now appear as follows:
The CARE Active - $0.35 displays if the Product Code has been set up as explained above. If a style meets the post-consumer content requirement of over 10%, you can click that box to drop the fee to $0.33. This info should be available from the manufacturer and may also appear on the carpet label. If you do not edit these fields, the system will default to the higher rate of $0.48–$0.50.
The “Edit All Colors” checkbox can be enabled on each style prior to making a change, provided all colors meet the criteria. Another alternative is to use the Catalog Export/Import, where a column now exists to flip this switch on applicable post-consumer content products.
Below is a chart of the Differential Assessment Levels that will be in place as of 4/1/22:
For CA B2B customers, please be sure to update your system with any program changes by 3/31/22. Developers are working closely with manufacturers to have those changes communicated to us so that the catalog import side is compliant for imports dated 4/1/22 and later.
There is one more Administrator update to mention that requires a User to have the following User Control 5 option enabled: Allowed to Change Care (Job, Inv, Report). Only Users with the authority to make CARE assessment changes to jobs, inventory, and CARE reporting options should have this option enabled. On each Job with CARE enabled, a CARE drop-down box appears just below the Order No option as follows:
The None option turns off CARE assessment for this Job. The $.25 option was the initial assessment amount from July of 2011. The second assessment of $ .35 was implemented in January of 2019 and added here so that Jobs could be toggled between the different rates based on when the job was initially contracted. And now, the 2022 option has been added to default to new contracted jobs after April 1st, 2022, but allowing an Administrator to set the Job back to the $.35 rate based, again, on the initial contract date, especially where a Quote or Template is converted to a Job.