Define tax categories

Each type of tax used in the store (for example, state, provincial, or federal) must have its own category.

Procedure

1. Open WebSphere Commerce Accelerator

2. (Enterprise) From the Store, select Change Tax. The Tax notebook opens.

3. From the left navigation frame, click Categories.

4. To add a category:

   1. In the New tax category field, type the name of the tax category. Be careful when you choose the name of your tax category. We can remove the category if it is not assigned to any product, but we cannot change the name of the tax category.

   2. Select the tax type of the category. Each category must be either a sales tax or a shipping tax type. Sales tax is charged on the total amount of the order. Shipping tax is charged on the shipping charges for the total order.

   3. Select Include tax as display price if we want to include the tax amount in the price displayed for the product. If you do not select this option, the tax amount is displayed separately.

   4. Click Add. The tax category is displayed in the Defined tax categories list.

   5. Repeat step 4 to add more tax categories.

5. To delete a category, select the category, then click Remove.

6. Click OK to save your settings and exit. If the browser displays the JSPG0036E: Failed to find resource /GenericError.jsp message, the JSP processor cannot find the specified JSP page in the Web module.

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