Setup Requirements
Steps below are required for proper setup.
- Enable Avatax Logging: Allows logging to document the tax calculation flow
- Enable Avatax Log to STDOUT: Different form of logging, helpful for heroku users.
- Enable Avatax Address Validation: Toggle address validation on ship address.
- Refuse Checkout if Address Validation Fails: If address validation fails, will prevent user from continuing checkout.
- Customer can validate address in checkout: Toggle the visibility of the Validate Ship Address button on the Checkout Address page.
- Avatax Address Validation Countries: Countries where address validation will be enabled, unless enable avatax address validation is false.
- Enable Avatax Tax Calculation: Toggle hitting the api to receive tax calculations.
- Enable Avatax Document Committing: Toggle creating a permanent and finalized document on Avalara.
Avalara will provide you with a list of tax codes where you can create a tax category for each one your store uses.
Note: Shipping Tax Category and Tax Rate always need to be present and assigned to shipping methods
- Rate should be set to 0.0
- Calculator should be Avalara Transaction Calculator
- Enable Included in Price for VAT/GST
If any of your client's require an avalara entity use code, please seed the use codes provided. The list is under Avalara Entity Use Code Settings.
And you can assign the user their entity use code or input their exemption number.
