Country Names: When a customer places an order, they will be asked to select their "ship to country" from a list of country names. This list will be generated from the country names shown on this page.

You may define up to 400 country names that you want displayed to your customers during checkout. These names will be displayed in the order designated on this page.

Sales Tax by Country: This page is also used to define optional (country level) sales tax for each country listed. Sales tax is only applied to orders shipped to the countries below that have a sales tax percentage or amount defined for them.

SALES TAX CONTROL*

No Sales Tax Calculations Needed (nothing is taxed or taxable) Calculate Sales Tax Automatically and Add to Customer Order Tell Customer Sales Tax May Be Added to Their Order

If you do not want the store to calculate (country level) sales taxes on any order, select the first option.

Select the second option and complete the country tax fields if you want the store to automatically calculate and add sales tax to eligible customer orders.

NOTE: Be sure you ONLY enter tax information for the countries that you want the store to collect sales taxes for. If you leave a country's amount and percentage fields blank, the store will assume you do not want to charge sales tax for that country.

Select the third option if you want to calculate and add sales tax manually to selected customer orders. This option will just display the phrase "Sales Tax May Be Added To Your Order" as part of the shopping cart checkout and confirmation pages.

UNITED STATES: if you define a sales tax percentage or amount for the "United States", it will be done in addition to the various state level sales tax controls you may have defined. This allows you to have the store calculate and apply sales taxes at both the state and country level.

NOTE: at least one country must be named "United States" (ISO code = US) in order for the store to work properly.

HIDE USA DISPLAY
Check this box if you do NOT want the "UNITED STATES" country name to be displayed to your customers during checkout. When this is active, all the country names below, except the UNITIED STATES, will be shown. This field is optional.

NOTE: when this flag is active (checked), the State selection field will NOT be shown on the Ship To Address checkout page.

COUNTRY NAMES
To add a new country, use one of the empty rows at the very bottom of the page. If no empty rows are shown, it means you have entered the maximum amount of country names allowed.

To remove a country, simply remove its name and click the UPDATE button at the bottom of the page.

Changing the order: You may change a country's position within the list by entering or changing its "list position" number (in the right column). If you enter a list position of 0, the country will be moved to the top of the list. If you enter a position of 999, the country will be moved to the bottom of the list. Entering a position of 5.5 will move the country between position 5 and 6.

ISO CODE
Each country in the world has a unique 2 character country code as defined by the ISO standards community. Each country you define in your store must have a valid ISO country code assigned to it. This field is required and must be correct for each country in order for your store to operate correctly.

For a list of ISO country codes, please click here.

LIST POSITION
This field allows you to change the display order of the countries during customer checkout.

COUNTRY TAX PERCENTAGES
If you want sales taxes collected as a percentage of the total products ordered, then enter a value in the percentage field to the right of the country's name. This percentage will be applied to every order that ships to that country.

Examples: 10.000 for ten percent or 7.500 for seven and one half percent.

NOTE: the store will not let you enter BOTH a tax amount and a tax percentage for the same country.

COUNTRY TAX AMOUNTS
If you want a flat amount of sales tax collected on any order being shipped to a particular country, then enter a value in the amount field to the right of the country's name. This flat amount will be added to every order that ships to that country.

United States Examples: amounts should be entered in dollars and cents like 10.00 for ten dollars or 7.75 for seven dollars and seventy five cents.

IMPORTANT: Be sure you ONLY enter tax information for the countries that you want the store to collect sales taxes for. If you leave a country's amount and percentage fields blank, the store will assume you do not want to charge sales tax for that country.

SALES TAX ON SHIPPING?
Normally, sales tax is applied as a percentage of the total amount of products ordered before shipping costs are added. However, if you want the store to calculate sales taxes on BOTH the products ordered AND the shipping cost, then click the "Sales Tax On Shipping?" checkbox to the far right of the country's name.

FIRST TIME ACCESS: even if you don't want to make any changes, you still need to click the UPDATE button at the bottom of the page in order to complete this section of the store.

NOTE: Coupon savings and purchase discounts are deducted before sales taxes and shipping charges are calculated and added to the customer's order.