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.
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)
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.
You have to create the Tax Rates first.
Step 1:
First, go to Settings > Tax Rates. Click the New Tax Rate button to create one.
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.
Group together similar Tax Rates in one Tax Code. Steps to set up Tax Codes:
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.
