State taxing is set up in much the same way as the country tax, except it is setup in the shopstates table.
In your shop administration, go to Advanced Settings > International >View/Edit States and click the Edit button next to the state you want to add a tax rate to.
In the statetaxrate field, you need to enter a percentage rate for the tax to be charged.
For example, if you want Texas residents to be charged a tax of 7.5%, you would add 0.075 to the statetaxrate field of the Texas record.
Note: It is important that the state dropdown list be used to generate the correct state abbreviations.You need to set the following in your shop configuration:
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Xincludestates |
Setting this to Yes tells VPCART to generate a dropdown list of states on the customer form rather than allowing them to enter their own state by hand. |