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WooCommerce Cookbook

You're reading from   WooCommerce Cookbook WooCommerce makes it easy to create, design, and manage your own personalized eCommerce store - this WooCommerce tutorial eBook will show you how to get started

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2015
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781784394059
Length 248 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Patrick Rauland Patrick Rauland
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Preface 1. WooCommerce Basics FREE CHAPTER 2. Adding Products 3. Changing the Product Organization 4. Running a Membership Site 5. Setting Up Shipping Methods 6. Getting Paid 7. Modifying the Checkout Process 8. Managing Orders and Taxes 9. WooCommerce Theming 10. Exploring More with WooCommerce Index

Automatically calculating tax rates with the TaxJar plugin


If you already know a tax expert or you already know the tax rates, then it isn't too much of a pain to enter the tax rates manually. But if you don't know a tax expert, then it's a bit of work and it's probably cheaper and faster to use a third-party tool to calculate the tax rates for you.

One such tool that's geared for US businesses is TaxJar.

Getting ready

You should sign up for a TaxJar account. They have a 30-day free trial.

How to do it…

Using the following steps, we first download the free TaxJar plugin from WordPress.org:

  1. In the WordPress admin, click on the Plugins menu and then on Add New.

  2. Run a search for the TaxJar - Sales Tax Automation for WooCommerce plugin.

  3. Install and activate the plugin.

    Now that we have the plugin installed, we have to configure it.

  4. From the WordPress admin, go to WooCommerce | Settings | Integrations.

  5. If TaxJar is the only integration you've installed, it will automatically be loaded. Otherwise, click...

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