Set Up an Organization Tax Table

A tax table is a reusable set of sales-tax rates that your organization defines once and applies to any auction. Rates are entered per country and per state/province, so the correct rate is applied automatically at checkout based on the winning bidder’s address.

Enter only the rates you’re registered to collect

Handbid does not pre-load any tax rates. You enter the rates your organization is registered to collect (your tax nexus). A blank cell means “no rate here” — nothing is charged for that jurisdiction unless you fill it in. Deciding where you have a tax obligation is up to your organization; when in doubt, consult your tax advisor.

Create a tax table

Go to Organization Settings → Tax Tables.
Click + New Tax Table (or Edit on an existing one). If you have none yet, you’ll see “No tax tables yet.”
Give it a clear Tax Table Name, for example US Sales Tax 2026.
Add a country section, then fill in rates:
- Country default — an optional single rate applied to any address in that country that doesn’t match a specific state/province rate below.
- State/province rates — every state/province for the country is listed. Enter a rate only where you collect tax; leave the rest blank.
Click Save Tax Table.

The tax table editor — a country section showing the Country default field, Set all / Clear all, and a rate input for each state or province.

Entering rates

Rates are percentages. You can type 8.25, 8.25%, or use a comma (8,25) — all are accepted.
Rates must be between 0 and 100. Anything outside that range is rejected.
A rate above 25% is saved but highlighted in yellow, in case it was a typo. It won’t block you.
The “n of m set” chip shows how many of a country’s jurisdictions have a rate.
Set all / Clear all fill or empty a country’s grid quickly.

How a rate is chosen at checkout

When a bidder wins and pays, the rate is chosen in this order:

The state/province rate matching the bidder’s address.
If there’s no state rate, the country default.
If the table has no rate for that address, the item’s own tax rate, if one is set (a fallback, not an override).
Otherwise no tax is charged.

Managing tables

The Tax Tables list, showing each table’s name, number of jurisdictions, how many auctions use it, and when it was last updated.

The list shows each table’s Name, Jurisdictions, Auctions using, and Last updated.
A table shown as “Not in use” can be deleted. Delete is disabled while a table is attached to any auction — detach it from those auctions first.
Editing a table’s rates does not change tax on receipts that have already been paid. Settled receipts keep the rate that was applied at payment time.