Made my first sale. YAY but there is something wrong with invoice. with sales tax

[atfpodcast]

This is what I am seeing... The person live in California. any ideas why its displaying other states and saying tax 158.34%?

invoice No. 1
Date Ordered: Wednesday 15 August, 2012
Payment Method: Wepay
Products Model Tax Price (ex) Price (inc) Total (ex) Total (inc)
1 x The Club 33 Story - PRE ORDER CLUB33DUC 158.34% $15.99 $41.31 $15.99 $41.31
Sub-Total: $15.99

United States Postal Service (1 x 0.25lbs) (First-Class Mail (2 - 5 days)): $3.12

CO TAX 7.44 + ID TAX 6.02% + SD TAX 5.81 + ND TAX 6.39 + NE TAX 6.77 + WA TAX 8.8 + TX TAX 8.14 + KY TAX 6% + TN TAX 9.45 + VA TAX 5% + WV 6% + OK TAX 8/66 + NE TAX 6.77 + UT TAX 6.68 + NM TAX 7.24 + CA TAX 8.75% + CO TAX 2.9% + ALA TAX 4% + OH TAX 6.75 + $4.94
Total: $24.05
Date Added Status Comments
08/15/2012 08:37:26 Pending --none--

[atfpodcast]

Perhaps I set up zones and tax rate wrong

[Limitless]

Why are you collecting taxes in all of those states? Do you have a nexus there?

Check out the Tax Cloud mod. Way easier than trying to deal with taxes manually.

[atfpodcast]

I installed it and applied but USPS user ID?

[dbltoe]

I believe your mixing apples and buffalo. Unless, of course, the U S Postal Service is now collecting sales tax for you.
Hopefully, you got the taxes squared away.
The user id in the USPS SHIPPING module is assigned by the USPS. You will need to contact them.

[atfpodcast]

I believe your mixing apples and buffalo. Unless, of course, the U S Postal Service is now collecting sales tax for you.
Hopefully, you got the taxes squared away.
The user id in the USPS SHIPPING module is assigned by the USPS. You will need to contact them.

OK That makes sense. I got that installed usps module installed. works great. Wont know if the tax is fixed till i get another sale. but thank you all for your help.

[DrByte]

Perhaps I set up zones and tax rate wrong

Exactly.

[atfpodcast]

I tried to start over and did Zone Definitions and added each state. then did details and insert and added Country (USA) and zone the state I am collecting...Then I added the Tax Rate per state... Now I hope this fixes it.. Is that the correct way to do it?

[Limitless]

Why are you collecting tax in all of those states?


Do you have a physical store/nexus in each of these states?

I ask, because your CO tax rate is wrong and I will bet your CA tax rate is wrong too.

[DrByte]

Limitless is asking very valid questions. Don't set up tax rates for states in which you are not specifically registered to collect taxes. Then again, your Tax Advisor is the one whose advice you should follow there. Any suggestions you get from us about how much tax to charge to whom should be considered only suggestions and not official legal or professional advice.

Anyway, the FAQ article on how to set up taxes, once you know which taxes you need to charge, is here: http://www.zen-cart.com/content.php?...gure-the-taxes (found by searching the FAQs for the word "taxes").