ECommerce-Tax rate

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<div style="color: #5F497A; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; margin-left: 18pt;"><span id="wwpID0E0YN0FA">Understanding Tax Options</span></div>
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  <div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span id="wwpID0E0WN0FA">Contact your </span><span style="color: #003366; text-decoration: underline;">[[http://taxes.about.com/od/statetaxes/a/State-Tax-Refunds.htm|State Department of Revenue]]</span> to determine requirements for sales tax in your state. </div>
  <div style="color: #5F497A; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span id="wwpID0E0VN0FA">Most states have a destination-based sales tax, which means that the sale is thought to take place in the jurisdiction where the product is ultimately used (where it’s shipped to or picked up from), which would mean that it is not necessary to charge sales tax for those products that are shipped out-state.  A few states have an origin-based sales tax, which means the sale is considered to take place at the location where the sale is completed (the seller’s business location), in which case you would collect sales taxes on all of your retail sales.</span></div>
  <div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span id="wwpID0E0UN0FA">If charging tax is required, one of two methods is used:</span></div>
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        <td><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"><span id="wwpID0E0TN0FA">Fixed tax rate provider</span></span>  - use this method if you can charge the same rate for everyone that purchases a particular item (product variant) </div></td>
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        <td><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"><span id="wwpID0E0SN0FA">Tax by Country & State & Zip - – use this method if you need to charge tax based on the purchasers address</span></span></div></td>
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  <div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span id="wwpID0E0RN0FA">The default tax solution is </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fixed Tax Rate provider</span>. But your items default to having no tax category assigned, which means tax will not be charged by default. If you wish to charge tax, ensure that you have selected the proper Tax Provider and then follow the <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Fixed tax rate provider</span> or <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Tax by Country & State & Zip</span> instructions.</div>
  <div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"><span id="wwpID0E0QN0FA">If sales tax should be charged on shipping</span></span>, this must be enabled separately as well.</div>
  <div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span id="wwpID0E0PN0FA">Note: Taxes must be applied to each product individually no matter which method you select. This is done by </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">assigning a Tax Category to each taxable product</span>.  If a fixed rate tax provider is used, then the tax rate applied is the rate specified for that category.  If the Tax by Country & State & Zip provider is used, then the assigned tax category specifies which tax rate “rules” apply when determining the tax.</div>
  <div style="color: #5F497A; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; margin-left: 0pt;"><span id="wwpID0E0ON0FA">To select a different Tax Provider</span></div>
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        <td><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify;"><span id="wwpID0E0NN0FA">Click </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">eCommerce</span> in the left-hand menu.</div></td>
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        <td><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify;"><span id="wwpID0E0MN0FA">Click </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Configuration</span> in the upper drop-down menu. </div></td>
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        <td><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify;"><span id="wwpID0E0LN0FA">Click </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tax</span>.</div></td>
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        <td><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify;"><span id="wwpID0E0KN0FA">Click </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tax Providers</span>.</div></td>
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        <td><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify;"><span id="wwpID0E0IN0FA">Click </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mark as primary provider</span> in the row of the desired tax provider. </div></td>
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        <td><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify;"><span id="wwpID0E0HN0FA">The blue checkmark will appear in the </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Is primary provider</span> column.</div></td>
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