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Does BigCommerce calculate sales tax?

Last updated on September 25, 2022 @ 1:03 am

In most states, retailers must charge sales tax on the value of goods sold to consumers. While most online retailers calculate sales taxes for their customers, BigCommerce does not appear to currently calculate sales tax for its customers.

Some states require retailers to collect sales tax on behalf of the state, while other states allow retailers to collect sales tax directly from consumers. In some cases, the retailer may be required to remit the sales tax to the state, while in other cases the retailer may be allowed to keep the sales tax collected.

PRO TIP: BigCommerce does not currently support sales tax calculation. This means that if you are using BigCommerce to sell products online, you will need to calculate sales tax manually. This can be a time-consuming and error-prone process, so we recommend that you use a dedicated sales tax calculation service.

While BigCommerce does not currently calculate sales tax for its customers, it is possible that the company will add this functionality in the future. If BigCommerce does add this functionality, it would be the only major ecommerce platform to do so.

Overall, it is likely that most, if not all, ecommerce platforms calculate sales tax for their customers. However, BigCommerce does not currently appear to do so.

Dale Leydon

Dale Leydon

Sysadmin turned Javascript developer. Owner of 20+ apps graveyard, and a couple of successful ones.