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Set up sales tax

The Sales tax tab allows you to add any sales tax options relevant to your business. You can add as many as you need. These values can also be mapped back to Xero.

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Step 1.

Head to Sales tax under Global settings.

Click New sales tax rate to create a new rate. Enter the Tax code in capitals, the name of the code and the rate.

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Step 2.

To edit Tax rates click the edit icon.

To delete a Tax rate click the bin icon.

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Step 3.

Tax rates will then populate a drop-down list within Create and Edit project, and in the Financial information tab for customers.

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