Defining shipping tax codes

A shipping tax code is a name for a grouping of shipping taxes that is applied to the same products. For example, all taxes applicable to shipping to a certain region could be grouped under a single tax code called Regional shipping tax. Then, you could assign the Regional shipping tax code to each product that is shipped to that region.

About this task

If there are multiple calculation codes applicable to same product or category, tax calculation returns the calculation code with the highest sequence (sequence is a numeric column in table calcode). To define priority when multiple calculation codes are qualified, you have to adjust the value of sequence column in the database table CALCODE.

Procedure

  1. Open HCL Commerce Accelerator
  2. From the Store menu, select Change Tax. The Tax notebook opens.
  3. From the left navigation frame, click Shipping Tax.
  4. To add a code:
    1. In the New shipping tax code field, type the name of the shipping tax code. Be careful when you choose the name of your tax code. While you can remove a tax code, you cannot change the name of the tax code later.
    2. Click Add. The tax category is displayed in the Defined shipping tax codes list.
  5. To set a default shipping tax code, from the Defined shipping tax codes list, select a tax code, then click Set as Default. Default shipping tax codes are assigned to all products that are not currently assigned to a tax code.
  6. To delete a code, in the Defined shipping tax codes list, select the code, then click Remove.
  7. Click OK to save your settings and exit.

What to do next

After you define shipping tax codes, you are now ready to Define tax categories.