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Starting from WPUF v2.8.1 PRO, a new feature Tax will be incorporated under WPUF Settings.

This feature will allow you to apply custom country and state-wise tax rates to:

Pay Per Post Forms, and
Subscription Packs

Minimum Requirements

To run the Tax feature you need:

1. WPUF FREE 2.8.7, and

2. WPUF PRO 2.8.1

You must update your WP User Frontend FREE version to 2.8.5 and the PRO version to 2.8.1 to be able to use Tax successfully.

Navigation

Navigate to wp-dashboard→User Frontend→Settings. Click on the Tax page to open it.

Configuration

This is your global settings. So when you set up the tax rates from Settings it will apply to both your pay per post forms and subscriptions packs.

Enable the check-box for Enable tax [Enable Tax on Payments].
Select your Base Country and State from the given drop-downs. The Base Country is where your business or company is located.
Now select the tax rates for specific regions that will apply to your users. Choose the country and the state or province from the drop-down. Then insert the rate you want to apply. The drop-downs are dynamic. The state or province will change according to the country or region you choose.
To add another rate, click on Add Tax Rate. You can also choose to remove by clicking on the Remove Rate button.

5. Next select the Fallback Tax Rate and if you want to show prices with or without tax.

The Fallback Tax Rate applies when:

the user has not specified his or her address in their profile.
the user is not from any of the regions specified by the admin of the site.

You can also select whether you want your prices to show with or without tax by using the radio buttons.

Frontend View

For Pay Per Post Forms

If you already have enabled and set up pay-per-post for your selected form, then continue to publish it.

If you haven't, check out this documentation to learn how to enable pay-per-post.

When the address of the user is unspecified or out of the specifications set by the admin, the form will display the price including the Fallback Tax Rate.

This is how the form will appear from the front for payment with tax:

This is how the post form page will appear without tax:

After submitting the form, the Payment checkout page will appear.

For Subscription Packs

If you have already created subscription packs, move on to Tax Settings to configure taxes.

If you haven't, check out this documentation to learn how to create subscription packs.

If you have enabled Show Prices With Tax, then your subscription packs will apply the tax rates to the prices according to your specified rates for the user's region or it will apply the Fallback Tax Rate.

If you have enabled Show Prices Without Tax, the regular prices of the subscription packs will appear on the Subscription page.

On the checkout page, the user will see the tax rate that has been applied on him/her:

That's all about WPUF Tax!

Note: To avoid unavoidable circumstances, please consult with a legal advisor before implementing taxes on your transactions.

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