The AvaTax integration calculates sales tax as part of the pricing operation. When the shopping cart is priced with a request to include tax pricing, Oracle Commerce Cloud Service sends the information to Avalara, which calculates the total tax amount and sends it in a response. The response breaks down the tax into individual components, for example, the total tax amount might include sales tax assessed by both the state and county.
Oracle Commerce Cloud Service makes two calls to AvaTax:
When the shopper begins the checkout process, AvaTax responds with the calculated tax amount.
When the order is submitted, AvaTax responds with the calculated tax amount. AvaTax also records the tax amount and date of purchase so you can view it later in reports on the Avalara site.
As part of the settlement process, AvaTax updates the tax record with the date of shipment. Oracle Commerce Cloud Service is not involved in the settlement process for this release.
You can assign an optional tax code to each product in your catalog, as well as to each shipping method you create. For more information about tax codes in AvaTax, go to the Avalara Help Center at https://help.avalara.com/ and search for tax codes.
