Defining tax jurisdictions

A tax jurisdiction is a geographical region to which you deliver goods. If, when you initially created your store, you based it on one of the starter store archives, default tax jurisdictions are set up for you.

Note: You can use the Tax notebook to create an unlimited number of tax jurisdictions; however, if you use more than 50 jurisdictions, you might find that the tax rates table, which is displayed on the Rates page, takes a long time to display.

Procedure

  1. Open WebSphere Commerce Accelerator
  2. From the Store menu, select Change Tax. The Tax notebook opens.
  3. From the left navigation frame, click Jurisdictions.
  4. To add a jurisdiction:
    • From the Country/Region list, select a country or region.
    • Use the State/Province list or field as follows:
      • If you selected Canada, United States, or Japan as your country or region, do one of the following steps:
        • From the list, select a state or province for the chosen country or region.
        • If one tax rate applies to the entire country or region, from the bottom of the list, select All.
      • If you selected a country or region other than Canada, United States, or Japan, do one of the following steps:
        • From this field, type the name of the state or province for the chosen country or region.
        • If the tax rate applies to the entire country or region, or if the country or region does not have states or provinces, leave this field blank.
    • Click Add to add the combination of country or region and state to the Defined jurisdictions list.
    • Repeat step 4 to add more tax jurisdictions.
  5. To delete a jurisdiction, select it from the Defined jurisdictions list box, then click Remove.
  6. Click OK to save your settings and exit.
  7. Manually update the JURST database table for the applicable fields (COUNTRYABBR or STATEABBR). For example, the following SQL command is used to update the database for a sales tax jurisdiction for the state of Ohio: 
    
update JURST set STATEABBR='OH' where STOREENT_ID=
store_ID
    Add one entry for each tax jurisdiction you want to update.