In many eCommerce applications, appropriate sales tax must be applied to orders. As such, tax rates may be specified for each state, province and/or country. Based on the Charge Tax By setting, any existing tax rates for state/province and/or country will be applied to the order automatically. If Tax Rate Options are not configured, no taxes will be charged. Rules set in this module will apply globally to all products unless the product has opted out of these rules in the Advanced Options tab of the Edit Product screen.


Charge Tax By

Choose here to determine whether the taxes will be calculated based on the Bill-to address or the address to which the order will be shipped.

Include shipping charges in tax calculation?

Choose here to determine whether the taxes will be calculated based on the order sub-total which does not include shipping or to calculate taxes based on the entire order total including shipping charges.

United States & Canada

Set State or Provincial taxes here by first selecting the state/province in the dropdown. Fill in the tax amount and click Add/save. Repeat steps for each state/province for which you wish to apply taxes. As each state/province is added it will appear in the list to the right along with an Edit and Delete option.

International Taxes

For international tax rates, you must first enter a valid VAT/GST registration number to charge and collect VAT/GST taxes.Click Save Tax Options after entering valid information.

Next, set country taxes here by first selecting the country in the dropdown. Fill in the tax amount and click Add/save. Repeat steps for each country for which you wish to apply taxes. As each country is added it will appear in the list to the right along with an Edit and Delete option.