how to apply sales tax?

[robert_mullin]

I've created a rule with my state and the tax rate but I can't figure out how to enable it - i.e. orders from customers in my state aren't getting charged the sales tax.  How to I get in-state orders taxed?

[theMageComp]

Hello @robert_mullin 

There are 2 things while you setup the tax in Magento

1. Tax rate 2. Tax class

1. Once you setup tax rule (rate) you need to assign the tax class

2. That tax class you need to select for each product. 

https://docs.magento.com/m2/ce/user_guide/tax/tax-settings-general.html

https://magecomp.com/blog/setup-tax-rules-related-configuration-magento-2/amp/

https://www.mageplaza.com/kb/how-to-setup-tax-rules-magento-2.html

[Rahul Gupta]

@robert_mullin  as suggested by @theMageComp  you can configure the tax class using these links and then you need to assign that tax class to each product in the website.

Thanks