Utilizing Zones and Taxes Rates

Set up Zones
Set up Tax Rates
Set up Tax Codes 
This tab allows you to set the territories that you want to serve. A zone is required to set up shipping methods and tax rates.
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Step 1:
 Go to ECommerce then go to Settings > Zones. Click the New Zone button.
Step 2:
Enter the Zone details in the resulting dialog box. You can have a large zone with multiple countries or a small one with only one. It all depends on the size of your operations. 
Name – The name of the zone (required)
Description – You can add any description to this zone. For example, you can input the size of your business’s operations here.
Countries – You have to input the country where the zone is located. You can input more than one country if it makes sense (for example, if your operations span several countries)
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We are developing smaller zones like states or cities.
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Step 3:
To delete a zone, just click the trash can icon
Here you can create Tax Rates in relation with Zones. Then you have to group them together in Tax Codes.
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You have to create the Tax Rates first.
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Step 1:
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First, go to Settings > Tax Rates. Click the New Tax Rate button to create one.
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Step 2:
On the next dialog box, enter the following:
Name – The name of the tax rate
Rate – The rate of the tax (expressed in decimal form)
Zone – The zone where the tax will be applied
Included in Price – Check this box if you want to tax to be inclusive.
Show Rate in Label – Check this box if you want the tax rate to show up to the customer, along with the amount of tax.
Step 3:
Then just click Save. If you have similar tax rates for other zones, you may create them too.
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Group together similar Tax Rates in one Tax Code. Steps to set up Tax Codes:
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Step 1:
First, go to Settings > Codes. Click the New Tax Code button to create one.
Step 2:
On the next dialog box, enter the following:
Name – The name of the tax category (required)
Tax Code – You can input any code that corresponds with this tax category
Description – You can input the description of this tax category here
Tax Rates – Enter every related tax rate. Here we added the Sin Tax for MoonLand and the Sin Tax for SunLand.
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Step 3:
Then just click Save.
Setting Up the Store
Setting up Shipping
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