Creating a new Tax Rule
Lab 50 offers several settings for defining tax rules based on states/provinces/regions or by postal codes. To access the tax rules currently configured or to create a new rule, click on Store Management > Tax Rules, then double-click on an existing rule to edit it or click on Create a new tax rule to setup a new tax option.
The configuration settings are the following:
- Name: Enter a name for each tax rule.
- Tax description: Select the type of tax rule you are creating.
- Tax rate: Set the Tax Rate for each State/Province or Zip/Postal Code.
- Tax shipping: Select if shipped items to State/Province or Zip/Postal Code are taxable.
- Apply on top of other taxes: Select this option if this tax is charged in addition to other taxes.
- Apply to all orders: Select whether or not this applies for all order types.
- Apply to the selected states/provinces/regions: Choose one or more states/provinces/regions with the same tax rate
- Apply to the specified zip codes: Add the Zip/Postal Code(s) and apply this tax rule to orders from these specific areas.
- Enabled: Mark this tax rule as active.
- Deleted: Mark this tax rule as deleted.