Zone option under general configuration?

[Guest]

Hi all,

 

Quick question, what is the zone option for under the <Configuration->My Store> settings, I'm in the UK, so I've set the country to UK, but there aren't any options for the zone, am I OK just to leave it blank?

 

Regards

Lar

[bglkk]

For us, that Zone setting lets us charge taxes to customers who reside in our US state (and no taxes for everybody else). There are other uses for zones too, like shipping. Why don't you just install a set of UK zones? There are several versions floating around. I remember reading some debate about whether in the UK it was best to use counties or some other administrative regions... Left this yank a bit confused, actually--I think I just opted for the UK zones that are part of World Zones.