After much research, I'm still fuzzy on how the sales tax setup truly works (see NOTE below). Specifically, I'm setting up Paypal buttons in a website and need those purchases to get 9% sales tax applied to orders from CA customers only. I've found this common bit if instructions BUT IT'S NOT COMPLETE: Go to the PayPal website and log in to your account. Click "Profile" at the top of the page. Click the "Sales Tax" link. In the Set Up Domestic Sales Tax Rates section, click "Add New Sales Tax." If you've already added sales tax, click "Add Another Sales Tax." Click the "ZIP Code" link and complete the required fields. Click "Continue." ...So, after setting up a tax table, then what? How is it applied to purchases? Is it automatic and all I have to do is create the table and it just works on all my buttons? What about the sales tax field in the button configuration? Should I leave that blank and the the tax table would be applied? I, and according to questions from others on the forum, need more info about how EXACTLY to set up the complicated world of tax rates in Paypal. ________ NOTE: Dear Paypal, I find this lack of sales tax info at Paypal vexing. Sales tax is essential information that EVERY person who uses any payment service will need to know, yet there's little to no info about it and what is available has apparently been left to the incomplete bits and pieces typical of lay people in forums.
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