Wrap the rendering code inside a function that the data can be passed to.

assets/js/admin/settings-views-html-settings-tax.js

@@ -9,11 +9,16 @@
 		var rowTemplate = wp.template( 'wc-tax-table-row' ),
 			$tbody = $('#rates');
 
+		/**
+		 * Build the table contents.
+		 * @param rates
+		 */
+		function renderTableContents( rates ) {
 			// Blank out the contents.
-		$tbody.innerHTML = '';
+			$tbody.empty();
 
 			// Populate $tbody with the current page of results.
-		$.each( data.rates, function ( id, rowData ) {
+			$.each( rates, function ( id, rowData ) {
 				$tbody.append( rowTemplate( rowData ) );
 			} );
 
@@ -28,6 +33,10 @@
 				source: data.states,
 				minLength: 3
 			});
+		}
+
+		renderTableContents( data.rates );
+
 
 		$('.wc_tax_rates .remove_tax_rates').click(function() {
 			if ( $tbody.find('tr.current').length > 0 ) {