Used to calculate tax, now doesn’t
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I set up my Woocommerce store earlier this year and have only had a few sales. So far we’re only set up to collect sales tax in our state, so I initially did a test transaction to ensure everything was working properly, including sales tax, and it was fine. That was in April, and since then I haven’t had any other in-state sales that would’ve calculated sales tax, however today and I did and now it is not calculating sales tax for some reason. Any reason why this would have changed? I do have screen shots of my settings, but not sure how to paste them here.
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Hello,
I do have screen shots of my settings, but not sure how to paste them here.
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Hi @meburke
Could you also share a screenshot of your Standard rates from WooCommerce > Settings > Tax?
So, I figured out the problem. Two problems, actually. The first is that my standard rates table only had 5-digit zip codes listed and didn’t account for Zip+4 zip codes (US addresses), and my most recent order that didn’t calculate tax had a Zip+4 entered so it didn’t recognize it. I’ve fixed that by just adding the wildcard * after each zip code so it’ll calculate tax when a Zip+4 is entered.
The second issue also has to do w/ the rates table. My zip code in the rates table lists a regional title rather than the city name, so when I put my mailing address in, the city “names” don’t match, so therefore WooCommerce doesn’t calculate tax. I have temporarily fixed that as well by just replacing city names throughout the entire table with the wildcard *.
It did make me realize the limitations of the WooCommerce tax calculation system, though – people do make typing errors, so all it takes is one little typo and the customer doesn’t get charged tax. I guess I will have to look for a plugin that will validate addresses w/ the USPS during checkout.
Hi @meburke,
I’m glad to hear you were able to find out what was happening with the tax rates. You might consider using automated taxes that are part of WooCommmerce Shipping & Tax. That would be another way to handle this that isn’t quite so finicky.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-services/
You can use this extension to validate addresses to make sure they are correct.
https://woocommerce.com/products/postcodeaddress-validation/
If you’d like to give that a try, we do offer a 30 day refund window. That way you can see if it works for your business. If it doesn’t, you can let us know and we’ll send you your money back.
Let me know if you have any questions.
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