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ADVANCED: Individual Item Sales Tax
Most states have different laws on what is and isn’t covered by sales tax. (Heck, some states don’t have sales tax at all—I’m looking at you, Delaware!) So you may be in a situation where you need to charge sales tax for certain things you sell, and not charges sales tax for others. It’s a little tricky, but this makes sense, I swear.
Your sales taxes should already be set up — that should have happened when you first opened your shop. If something’s changed, contact us, and we’ll get it set up for you; or if you’re feeling brave, you can give it a shot yourself. If you’re going to collect tax per item, you need to be set up with the “Buy Now Button” tax calculation option.
Either way, once sales taxes are set up, edit the item you need to charge sales tax on. Down in the ‘Magic Field Custom Fields’ box, where you entered your price and quantity and such, there’s a box marked ‘ADVANCED: Individual Sales Tax’. Enter the sales tax rate there as a full numeral, i.e. if you charge 25% tax on an item, you enter 25 in the field.
For items you don’t need to collect tax on, just leave the field as it is; you don’t have to do anything there.
Clear as mud? Need more help, feel free to ask.
