How to Create and Manage Tax Rules

How to Create and Manage Tax Rules

What are Tax Rules?

Tax Rules connect taxes to tax groups. They are scenarios when a tax is applied to a specific product or service. 

Read more about Tax Rules in the admin guide here and follow along below for a step-by-step guide. 

Always set up your taxes first, and THEN, tax groups, and THEN, tax rules.

Taxes -> Tax Groups -> Tax Rules


1. To create a new tax rule, you must first find the Tax Group. Go to App Launcher, and type in Tax Group, and open the one you want to create a tax rule for.
Click on a Tax Group
2. Click on Related

Click on Related
3. Click on New Tax Rule

Click on New Tax Rule
4. Search for your tax

Search for your tax
5. Click on the tax

Click on the tax
6. Click on *Revenue Category

7. Search for your revenue category
If a tax applies to multiple revenue categories, please add a tax rule for each revenue category.

Search for your revenue category
8. Type "1" in order.
If there is a single tax applied to a revenue category, the order will always be 1. If you have multiple taxes, add them in the order they are applied and appear on documents.


9. Click on Save & New

10. Click on *Tax

11. Find another tax

Find another tax
12. Click on *Revenue Category

13. Click on Food

Click on Food
14. Type "2" to show this tax is applied second.

15. Click on Save

Click on Save



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