The tax calculation service uses the same request to calculate US and Canadian sales tax due to their similarities, but there are some distinguishing factors that should be known.

US Sales Tax

Sales tax is imposed on a transfer of property. Some states do not have sales tax. For US orders, the tax calculation service includes the total tax value for the transaction and tax values and rates per jurisdiction, divided into national, state, county, city, and special taxes. Some states do not have sales tax.

Canadian Taxes

The same procedures apply to calculating taxes for Canada as for the United States. Use only Canadian dollars for all Canadian taxes. The tax calculation service returns:
  • GST as a country-level tax
  • PST and QST as state-level taxes
  • HST as the sum of GST and PST
If you want the tax calculation service to return HST as one field, contact customer support to configure your account accordingly.