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Tax Jurisdiction

Tax Jurisdiction

A tax jurisdiction is a region with tax. The tax jurisdiction XML file includes tax values for the specific regions and sub-regions of the tax jurisdiction.

Sample XML: Tax Jurisdiction

<tax_jurisdictions>
<jurisdiction guid="90A40DA5-CB0F-8470-B044-CA06D53F44F6">
    <region_code>CA</region_code>
    <priceCalculationMethod>false</priceCalculationMethod>
    <tax_categories>
        <tax_category guid="2BC591C4-0759-760E-96DA-DF2719DE58B8">
            <name>GST</name>
            <fieldMatch>FIELD_MATCH_COUNTRY</fieldMatch>
            <localized_properties/>
            <regions>
                <region region_name="CA">
                    <values>
                        <value percent="5.0000" code="GOODS"/commerce-legacy/>
                        <value percent="5.0000" code="SHIPPING"/commerce-legacy/>
                    </values>
                </region>
            </regions>
        </tax_category>
        <tax_category guid="B85640AA-986B-B07A-FFC3-5A74534BD9F4">
            <name>PST</name>
            <fieldMatch>FIELD_MATCH_SUBCOUNTRY</fieldMatch>
            <localized_properties/>
            <regions>
                <region region_name="ON">
                    <values>
                        <value percent="8.0000" code="GOODS"/commerce-legacy/>
                        <value percent="8.0000" code="SHIPPING"/commerce-legacy/>
                    </values>
                </region>
                <region region_name="NL">
                    <values>
                        <value percent="8.0000" code="GOODS"/commerce-legacy/>
                        <value percent="8.0000" code="SHIPPING"/commerce-legacy/>
                    </values>
                </region>
                <region region_name="YT">
                    <values>
                        <value percent="0.0000" code="GOODS"/commerce-legacy/>
                        <value percent="0.0000" code="SHIPPING"/commerce-legacy/>
                    </values>
                </region>
                <region region_name="MB">
                    <values>
                        <value percent="7.0000" code="GOODS"/commerce-legacy/>
                        <value percent="7.0000" code="SHIPPING"/commerce-legacy/>
                    </values>
                </region>
                <region region_name="NU">
                    <values>
                        <value percent="8.0000" code="GOODS"/commerce-legacy/>
                        <value percent="8.0000" code="SHIPPING"/commerce-legacy/>
                    </values>
                </region>
                <region region_name="NT">
                    <values>
                        <value percent="0.0000" code="GOODS"/commerce-legacy/>
                        <value percent="0.0000" code="SHIPPING"/commerce-legacy/>
                    </values>
                </region>
                <region region_name="BC">
                    <values>
                        <value percent="7.0000" code="GOODS"/commerce-legacy/>
                        <value percent="7.0000" code="SHIPPING"/commerce-legacy/>
                    </values>
                </region>
                <region region_name="QC">
                    <values>
                        <value percent="7.5000" code="GOODS"/commerce-legacy/>
                        <value percent="7.5000" code="SHIPPING"/commerce-legacy/>
                    </values>
                </region>
                <region region_name="NS">
                    <values>
                        <value percent="0.0000" code="GOODS"/commerce-legacy/>
                        <value percent="0.0000" code="SHIPPING"/commerce-legacy/>
                    </values>
                </region>
                <region region_name="PE">
                    <values>
                        <value percent="1.0000" code="GOODS"/commerce-legacy/>
                        <value percent="1.0000" code="SHIPPING"/commerce-legacy/>
                    </values>
                </region>
                <region region_name="SK">
                    <values>
                        <value percent="7.0000" code="GOODS"/commerce-legacy/>
                        <value percent="7.0000" code="SHIPPING"/commerce-legacy/>
                    </values>
                </region>
                <region region_name="NB">
                    <values>
                        <value percent="8.0000" code="GOODS"/commerce-legacy/>
                        <value percent="8.0000" code="SHIPPING"/commerce-legacy/>
                    </values>
                </region>
                <region region_name="AB">
                    <values>
                        <value percent="0.0000" code="GOODS"/commerce-legacy/>
                        <value percent="0.0000" code="SHIPPING"/commerce-legacy/>
                    </values>
                </region>
            </regions>
        </tax_category>
    </tax_categories>
</jurisdiction>