Tax in Shopping Cart

[awdata]

Hi All. Two quick tax questions. I recently selected the "tax everyone" box in my dashboard and entered my state's tax rate for digital goods.

1. Is this what others are doing who live in states that imposes taxes on digital products?

2. Also, how long does it normally take for the tax rate to show up in the shopping cart? I am trying to make a test purchase but the tax isn't calculating in the shopping cart.

Thanks in advance for any and all feedback!

[E-junkie_Guru]

1. We cannot advise you on your tax obligations, so you'd need to consult your state revenue dep't or a tax professional to clarify that. If you find that your state only requires you to collect and remit sales tax from buyers in your own state (which seems to be typical for most states), you'd tick Tax buyers from state and select your state (rather than using Tax Everyone).

2. Make sure you tick the box for Sales Tax/VAT in the settings of each taxable product, and use our Add to Cart buttons to sell those products, as Buy Now buttons skip the cart to take buyers directly to instant checkout for a single item, so in that case there's no chance to calculate tax in our cart before checkout.

[awdata]

Thanks very much. Your replies were exactly what I needed.