Temecula Valley Wine & Agricultural Heritage District Tax

The Temecula Valley district implemented on April 1, 2021, a hybrid tax for all wineries within the Temecula Valley Wine & Agricultural Heritage District (TVWAHD). This five-year term stipulates that 1% of all gross sales be funnelled into advertising for the valley.

If your winery is based in the Temecula region, you must collect the TVWAHD tax. We have setup Custom Tax fields in the WineDirect Classic system to allow for the collection of this tax. This tax will be applied on top of other applicable taxes. In addition, the TVWAHD itself is subject to sale tax. 

How to Enable TVWAHD Tax

To enable the TVWAHD Tax by yourself, you must be a Master Admin or a Domain Admin of your Admin Panel. Please, be careful when following the steps below, as any other changes done to Settings can impact your website's functionality. If you have never made changes to Settings, please contact support so that our Support experts can enable the Tax field for you.

1. Log into the Admin panel. Click on Settings > Website Settings. 

2. Click on the Store tab. Expand the “State Profile” section to access the following screen:

3. Click on the check box "Has Custom Taxes".

4. Click on the check box “Is TVWAHD”. Click on Apply Changes (bottom right corner) to save these settings.

5. On the main menu above Go to Store > State Profile and select California. 

6. Click Edit in the Wines section. Set the tax rate for the TVWAHD to 1%. Click on Save to apply the changes. 

After taking these steps, your customers in California will now see the TVWAHD tax applied when they checkout their orders. If you have any questions about these steps, please get in touch with our Support team.