Apply a Tax Table to an Auction
Once your organization has a tax table set up, you turn it on per auction from the auction’s Financial settings. Auctions without a table attached are completely unaffected — nothing about their tax behavior changes.
Set the auction’s location first
Section titled “Set the auction’s location first”A tax table can only be applied to an auction that has a location set in the auction’s settings. The location is used for in-room (point-of-sale) tax and to validate the table.
- Country is always required.
- State/province is also required when the country has states/provinces (for example the US and Canada). Countries without subnational regions need only a country.
If the auction has no location yet, the tax toggle appears disabled with a message and a link to set the location. Set the location, then return to the Financial tab.
Turn on the tax table
Section titled “Turn on the tax table”- Open the auction and go to the Financial tab.
- Find the Taxes section.
- Turn on Use organization tax table — “Apply a tax table’s rates during checkout instead of each item’s own tax rate.”
- Choose the table from the Tax table picker (Select a tax table…).
- If your organization has exactly one table, it’s selected automatically.
- If you have several, pick the one you want.
- If you have none, you’ll be prompted to create one first.
“Require an address to pay” turns on automatically
Section titled ““Require an address to pay” turns on automatically”When a tax table is attached, Require an address to pay is switched on and locked. This is required so the bidder’s address can determine the correct tax rate at checkout. See Why Bidders Are Asked for an Address at Checkout.
Which items get taxed
Section titled “Which items get taxed”Tax is opt-in per item. With a table attached, an item is taxed only if its tax setting uses a taxable base (its “Tax Against” is set to a taxable option). Items set to No Tax — the default for new items — and items with no tax setting are not taxed. Tickets, appeals, and puzzles are never taxed.
Attaching a table does not suddenly tax everything: you still control, per item, what is taxable.
Detaching
Section titled “Detaching”To stop using the table, turn Use organization tax table off. You can’t delete a table while any auction still has it attached.
Copies of an auction
Section titled “Copies of an auction”If you copy an auction, the tax-table selection copies with it (within the same organization). Review the Financial tab of the copy to confirm the location and table are correct before going live.