Integration Guide

Website Payments Standard Integration Guide September 2008 285
Using Your PayPal Account Profile
Automatic Calculation of Sales Tax
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2. Click the Profile subtab.
The Profile Summary page appears.
3. Click the Website Payment Preferences link in the Selling Preferences column.
The Website Payment Preferences page appears.
4. Scroll down to the PayPal Account Optional section of the page.
5. Select the Off radio button to turn PayPal Account optional off.
6. Scroll to the bottom of the page, and click the Save button.
Automatic Calculation of Sales Tax
You can have PayPal calculate sales tax (also called value-added tax or VAT) automatically.
PayPal calculates sales taxes based on rates that you specify in your account profile. You can
set up tax rates as follows:
z Domestic (U.S.-only) tax rates by state or zip code
z Canadian tax rates by province
z International sales tax rates by country or jurisdiction
Read these topics to learn more about automatic calculation of sales tax:
z “Displaying the Sales Tax that PayPal Calculates During Checkout” on page 286
z “Accessing Your Sales Tax Rates in Your Account Profile” on page 286
z “Setting Up Domestic Sales Tax Rates” on page 287
z “Setting Up International Sales Tax Rates” on page 289
z “Resolving Overlapping Sales Tax Rates” on page 289
z “Editing or Deleting Sales Tax Rates” on page 290
z “Overriding Sales Tax Calculations on Individual Transactions” on page 290