Why isn't California excise tax showing up at checkout?

Accounting & Taxes

Topic summary

Issue: California excise tax is not appearing at checkout; only California sales tax is applied.

Context:

  • Merchant states products are correctly configured in the product taxonomy to require the excise tax.
  • Store fulfillment is pickup-only (no delivery or shipping).

Request:

  • Seeks guidance on whether an additional configuration step is needed to have excise tax calculated and shown at checkout.

Status:

  • No solutions or action items provided yet.
  • Key question remains unanswered; discussion is open and awaiting troubleshooting steps or confirmation of required settings.
Summarized with AI on January 4. AI used: gpt-5.
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Hello,

I have a store that requires California excise tax. I’ve configured the product taxonomy properly for all products to reflect this, however I do not see any additional tax beyond California sales tax being applied at checkout. Note that the store only offers pickup, not delivery or shipping. Is there a step I am missing?