TaxJar - Sales Tax Automation for WooCommerce vs WooCommerce PayPal Payments
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| Feature | TaxJar - Sales Tax Automation for WooCommerce v4.2.11 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 2.6/5 Visit Details | WooCommerce PayPal Payments v4.2.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 2.9/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 5,000+ | 800,000+ |
| Last updated | October 5, 2026 | October 21, 2026 |
| Editions | TaxJar - Sales Tax Automation for WooCommerce | WooCommerce PayPal Payments |
| Pros | Calculates sales tax at cart and checkout through the TaxJar API; Syncs orders, refunds and cancellations to TaxJar for return reporting; Supports customer tax exemptions, product tax codes and nexus regions | Official PayPal gateway with smart buttons on product and checkout pages; Pay Later, card fields and Apple Pay or Google Pay wallets; Subscriptions, saved payment methods and ShipStation order tracking |
| Cons | Requires a TaxJar account and API token; calculation depends on that service; Readme says stores above 1,000 orders a month need an upgraded TaxJar account; Cart and order totals call the external API while tax calculation is enabled | Available payment methods depend on PayPal account and country eligibility; Many modules are switched on in settings, so the setup has several steps |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Sales tax calculated at cart and checkout via TaxJar API, Optional tax calculation for orders created through the WooCommerce REST API, Optional storage of calculated rates in the WooCommerce tax table, Automatic order sync to TaxJar, with cancellations, Refunds synced to TaxJar, Record queue processed on a schedule for failed or pending syncs, Download of historical orders from TaxJar setting, Customer tax exemption type and exempt regions on user profiles, Product tax codes derived from WooCommerce tax classes, Nexus regions fetched from TaxJar and cached, Tax calculation for WooCommerce Subscriptions renewal orders | PayPal smart buttons on product, mini-cart and checkout, Pay Later messages on product, cart and checkout blocks, Apple Pay gateway, Google Pay gateway, Card fields module, Pay upon invoice alternative payment method, PayPal subscriptions and renewals, Saved payment methods, Fraud protection module, Order tracking through the ShipStation plugin |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | — | PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay |
| Plugins | WooCommerce Subscriptions, WooCommerce Gift Cards, WooCommerce Smart Coupons, WooCommerce PDF Product Vouchers | ShipStation |
| Other | TaxJar API | — |
| Requires WordPress | 5.4 | 6.5 |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1.2 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | api.taxjar.com | api-m.paypal.com, www.paypal.com, api-m.sandbox.paypal.com, www.sandbox.paypal.com, api.woocommerce.com, www.paypal.ai, d.joinhoney.com, www.google.com |
| Blocks | — | 6 |
| Custom tables | 1 | — |