+my $withfirm = $opt{'with_firm'} ? 1 : 0;
+my $withcensus = $opt{'with_census'} ? 1 : 0;
+
+my @prefixes = '';
+my $billship = $opt{'billship'} ? 1 : 0; # whether to have bill_ and ship_ prefixes
+my $taxpre = '';
+if ($billship) {
+ @prefixes = qw(bill_ ship_);
+ $taxpre = $conf->exists('tax-ship_address') ? 'ship_' : 'bill_';
+}