Setting Up Tax Rates

If your product or service requires you to charge sales tax, you may set up tax rate rules in the Tax Rates page under Order Settings in the Store Manager control panel. There are two options for the type of tax rule: percentage or flat fee. Most taxes are percentage based. You may set up tax rules based on country, state, or ZIP code.

If you are setting up United States tax rules for the first time, you may want to consider using the Auto Setup Wizard. The wizard will allow you to automatically fill in the values for each state's taxes. This will save you a tremendous amount of time by not having to find out what each state's sales tax is and enter each rate onebyone.

To use Auto Setup Wizard to set up tax rates

1.	Click on the Tax Rates link under Order Settings in Store Manager.
2.	Click on the Auto Setup Wizard link, as shown in Figure 10.11. Figure 10.11. Using the Auto Setup Wizard to set up your tax rates will automatically add the rates for each state.
3.	After you have selected your location, click the Next button.
4.	In the scroll menu, highlight the states you would like to charge sales tax for and click the Done button. To select multiple states, hold down the Control button on your keyboard and click on each state.
5.	The Tax Rate page will appear with your new tax rule(s), as shown in Figure 10.12. Figure 10.12. Rates for each state have automatically been set using the Auto Setup Wizard.