thread Re: How do I set up Sales Tax for a potential out of state customer? in Payments Troubleshooting

How do I set up Sales Tax for a potential out of state customer?

MaryF123 — Sat, 20 Sep 2025 18:55:48 GMT

I’m just starting out and have a question about the sales tax. My company is set up for WA and I’ve tested using my address in WA and everything showed up fine. Now I have a potential

customer in FL asking what the total amount would be with shipping and taxes. I put in her address and it’s not generating any sales tax. I see that many say to talk to their accountant, what if taxes need to be applied, how would we go about fixing this?

Re: How do I set up Sales Tax for a potential out of state customer?

Elias_w — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 12:02:33 GMT

Add the state's tax rate in square and turn it on for online sales. check with a tax pro, too.

Re: How do I set up Sales Tax for a potential out of state customer?

DinaLRosenberg — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 14:01:09 GMT

It seems like Washington State is a destination based sales tax state- see your State's rules here.

https://dor.wa.gov/taxes-rates/retail-sales-tax

If you're going to do a lot of business in the future with out-of-state customers I'd look for a service that could handle the sales tax for you. We use DAVO (which syncs with Square).

As for the correct tax rate- you would need to add it to Square.

Re: How do I set up Sales Tax for a potential out of state customer?

MayaP — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 17:55:54 GMT

Hello @MaryF123, did @DinaLRosenberg and @Elias_w suggestions help?