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Tax Rates: Taxes To Be Collected For Online Sales In Wisconsin
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- JavaScript
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Description
Wisconsin changed its tax rules, as on October 1st 2018 (today). As on today, out of state purchases made online will also be levied a 5% tax.
Reference: https://www.revenue.wi.gov/Pages/FAQS/ise-usetax.aspx#use6
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2018/07/03/wisconsin-begin-collecting-online-sales-taxes-oct-1/753284002/
As on today, for a site with a store address of Wisconsin using WooCommerce Services, doesn't show up taxes when someone from outside the state makes a purchase. Tested this with the latest version of WooCommerce and WooCommerce Services installed (purchases for a Wisconsin store with a billing address outside Wisconsin doesn't show up tax rates, as it's supposed to be after this update).
I know that the actual tax rates are set by TaxJar, but noting this here, just in case.
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Research direction
No files, tests, or entry points are identified in the issue. First reproduce the Wisconsin-store scenario with an outside-state billing address and inspect the automated tax-rate integration, including whether TaxJar returns the expected rate. Done means the applicable 5% Wisconsin tax appears for the described purchase, or the issue is confirmed to belong to the external tax service.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- backend, payments
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100