PayPal integration adds sales tax without being included in form

  • sneils
    Asked on September 17, 2014 at 2:21 PM

    Hello :)

    I am using the basic PayPal integration on a couple of my forms and I notice tax is being charged on top of the displayed fee.  I don't see the option in the "JotForm" setup for tax or surcharges.  How would I change this?  Thanks.

  • David JotForm Support
    Replied on September 17, 2014 at 3:41 PM

    Hi,

    Here is our guide on how to add or adjust the tax rate in your order form:

    http://www.jotform.com/help/296-How-to-Add-Tax-to-Your-Payment-Form

    If there is no tax setup in your form, there may be tax setup in your PayPal account.  This would include a tax on certain users no matter what is setup in your form:

    https://www.paypal-community.com/t5/Merchant-services-Archive/PayPal-adds-sales-tax-to-ALL-purchases-out-of-state-nationwide/td-p/345722

    If neither of these are the case, let us know and we will be happy to see what else we can find.

  • sneils
    Replied on September 24, 2014 at 8:39 PM

    David —

    Thanks for your response.  I immediately followed the instructions to find the tax designation in the payment wizard, but it didn't change the tax being assessed to registrations.  After receiving a few more registrations with improper tax assessments I found instructions to delete the entire payment integration window and begin again.

    By then I had already gone to PayPal, disabled my tax preference to "0."  Unfortunately, I do sell some products which will not not have tax assessed.

    Perhaps a complete overview on how to truly integrate PayPal wizard and make work within the structure of one's PayPal account would be helpful.  I'm thinking I took the right steps at the wrong time.

    Thoughts?

    Sandy

  • jonathan
    Replied on September 25, 2014 at 3:20 AM

    Hi Sandy,

    Can you please reiterate the question. Are you saying that on the payment submissions there is still tax charges?

    I checked your jotform http://www.jotformpro.com/form/41896379375978 and I could see that you have removed already the Tax option in the payment tool

    PayPal integration adds sales tax without being included in form Image 1 Screenshot 30

    so, when I test submitted your jotform, on the paypal payment there was no tax charges

    PayPal integration adds sales tax without being included in form Image 2 Screenshot 41

     

     

    Please clarify and we will check further.

    Thanks!