Is there a way to disclose California's SB 1215 Tax to the customer?

Accounting & Taxes
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There should be a way to disclose this in checkout , or confirmation email.

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Were you able to figure out how to make it work?

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I don’t know if it is a solution but the only thing possible is to display the tax lines in the email and have the tax engine such as avalara calculate it. However, I wish there was way to display it during the checkout process as well.

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Hello @kylethedeveloper Thanks for reaching out to Shopify community with your concern. Shopify doesn’t currently have a built-in “SB 1215 fee” setting, but you can disclose it by adding the fee as a separate line item in cart/checkout.

  • Create a non-inventory product called something like “Battery Recycling Fee – CA (SB 1215)”.
  • Use cart or checkout logic (Shopify Scripts or Shopify Functions) to automatically add this line item when:
  • A customer’s shipping address is in California, and
  • The cart contains at least one product with an embedded battery (you could tag or use a product metafield for “embedded battery”).

- This way customers see the fee as a line item before payment, satisfying the clear notice requirement.