Overview of Tax Calculation

The tax calculation service provides real-time tax calculation for worldwide orders placed with your business. It also enables you to avoid the risk and complexity of managing online tax calculation.
The key services provided allow you to:
IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR USERS OF CYBERSOURCE TAX SERVICES
The tax calculation is based on the location of the customer’s taxing jurisdiction, your nexus locations, and the tax and product codes that you provide to Cybersource. The order price and quantity are included in the calculation to determine the order’s total tax amount. You are solely responsible for selecting the appropriate tax and product codes for your business and its goods and services, including with respect to shipping and handling, and providing those codes to Cybersource.
CYBERSOURCE DOES NOT PROVIDE TAX CONSULTATION SERVICES, ACCOUNTING OR LEGAL ADVICE AND ASSUMES NO OBLIGATION, LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY INCORRECT, INACCURATE, OR INCOMPLETE INFORMATION PROVIDED TO CYBERSOURCE, OR FOR ANY INCORRECT TAX CALCULATIONS RESULTING FROM SUCH INFORMATION. CYBERSOURCE STRONGLY RECOMMENDS THAT YOU CONSULT WITH A TAX PROFESSIONAL IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR SELECTION OF TAX-RELATED DATA FOR INPUT INTO THE CYBERSOURCE TAX CALCULATION SYSTEM. TO THE EXTENT CUSTOMER USES CYBERSOURCE’S TAX CALCULATION SERVICE, CUSTOMER UNDERSTANDS AND AGREES THAT NEITHER CYBERSOURCE NOR ITS THIRD-PARTY LICENSORS CAN GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY OF TAX OR VAT RATES OBTAINED FROM TAXING AUTHORITIES, AND, (ii) THAT CUSTOMER BEARS THE ULTIMATE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PROPER PAYMENT AND REPORTING OF TAXES APPLICABLE TO CUSTOMER’S SALE OF ITS PRODUCTS OR SERVICES.

Additional Information

In the
Business Center
, you can view transaction details, process customers’ transactions, and manage the Tax Detail Report.
For more information about tax calculation using the
Business Center
, see
https://businesscenter.cybersource.com
.

Prerequisites for Tax Calculation

Before implementing the tax calculation service, you must know the following:
  1. Where your business is required to pay tax, and register there. See Tax Nexus.
  2. Whether any products require special product codes for tax purposes. See Product Codes.
  3. The correct address information. See Address Requirements.
  4. When to calculate tax in your check out flow. See When to Calculate Taxes.
Overview of Tax Calculation