Adding a tax rule

Tax Rules are applied in the order of precedence. For example, to implement a tax rule to apply 5% tax to residents of Alaska and 6.5% for all other US States do the following:

 

1.Add a rule with Country=US, State=AK, Tax=5%, Precedence=1
2.Add a second rule with Country=US, State=ALL States, Tax=6.5%, Precedence=2

 

In this and the following sections you will learn how to:

 

Add a tax rule
Edit a tax rule
Delete a tax rule

 

To add a tax rule:

 

1.Login to the Multifront administration website. The Dashboard page is displayed.

 

2.On the top menu, click Tax Classes under Settings. The Tax Class page is displayed listing the current tax classes for the storefront.

 

3.Click Add Tax Rule on the tax class to add a tax rule for it. Add a Tax Rule page is displayed.

 

4.Enter the following details:

 

Rule Type: Select the rule type from the drop-down list.
Destination Country: Select a country from the drop-down list.
Destination State: Select a state from the drop-down list.
Destination County: Select a county from the drop-down list.

Specify one or more tax rates below based on your regional requirements:

Sales Tax %: Enter a Sales Tax
VAT Tax %: Enter a Vat Tax
GST Tax %: Enter a GST Tax
PST Tax %: Enter a PST Tax
HST Tax %: Enter a HST Tax .
Precedence: Enter a number. This is the order in which this tax rule will be processed.
Include Taxes in Product Pricing: Select to include taxes in the product price.

 

5. Click Submit. The Tax Class page is displayed listing the newly added tax rule.

 


See Also:

Configuring tax classes

Editing a tax rule

Deleting a tax rule