We're happy to announce a new feature now available on your Highwire store: Automatic tax calculations for US based-stores!
With increased requirements for city, state and county taxes, this new feature takes all the headaches out of configuring your tax preferences.
How do I get it?
If you're a new user, it's automatically enabled on your account. If you're an existing customer, you can enable this feature by visiting the US Regions & Taxes section and clicking the "I want to automatically calculate taxes." link.
Once this feature is enabled, you can manually add regions your store has a tax presence.
What states & regions should I tax?
Federal requirements state you should charge taxes on any state your business has a physical presence. Please consult a tax professional for further information.
Can I modify the tax rate?
If you are using the automatic zip-based tax feature, rates can not be modified. You can disable this feature and manually specify the taxes if you wish.
What will my order tax details look like?
Order details with display all specific taxes charged including applicable State, county and city taxes as illustrated below:
Comments
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Not sure how this works in Highwire. I selected calculated and set up my zip code as instructed. Does this mean that any sale in California will be charged the local tax rate in my county/city? Or does this activate CA in general for each individual buyer and charge them the tax rate appropriate to their zip code? In other words, I don't have to set up a zip code "presence" for every potential CA zip code that someone might buy from? In CA. the sales tax is to be charged on where the item is delivered, not where it's sold. In order to properly comply with the law then, Highwire would have to calculate each buyers sales tax based on the delivery zip code. If this isn't automatically set-up, then the function isn't of any practical value.
Sales Tax for WI 54166 is 5.5% not 5%
Alex, You do not have to add every ZIP code for California. Only the ones you have a physical presence. If your presence is in California, any buyers from California will automatically be taxed based on your presence.
Our records indicate that WI 54166 is a 5% sales tax and a .5% county tax. This equals the 5.5%.
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