Tax system integration

We can integrate WebSphere Commerce with a third-party tax calculation system to provide tax calculations for the store. Integrating with a third-party tax service provider can help you to build and maintain a highly secure e-commerce site with a worldwide tax calculation process. Use the available WebSphere Commerce tax integration extension points to create any extensions that you need for integrating with your third-party tax calculation system. The tax integration xC extensions are a set of task commands that are called by the order component to communicate with the third-party tax calculation system when the tax integration feature is enabled.

• Tax xC extension points
  We can use the tax_integration_custom extension point to integrate with an external tax system to calculate sales and shipping tax.

• Install and configure the tax integration interface
  

• Enable tax integration extensions
  We can enable a tax integration extension by registering the command for the extension and configuring the extension. This registration and configuration must be loaded into the WebSphere Commerce service database.

• Associating tax codes with products
  When we are extending the default tax calculation process with an externalized customization extension, we can pass catalog entry attribute information to your extension. For instance, if your tax service provider requires more details, such as the mapping between products and tax calculation codes.