Managing Tax Rates

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Tax Rates are the sales tax(es) a store collects on some or all items. Tax rates are entered as the total effective rate. For example, if the state sales tax rate is 5%, the city tax rate is 1%, and all taxable items are subject to both taxes, enter a single tax rate of 6%. On the other hand, if some items are only subject to one rate or the other, you would enter multiple tax rates: 5% for state tax only, 1% for city tax only, and 6% for items subject to both.

The Tax Rates editor does not have a dedicated menu entry as it is rarely used in the long term. It can be found on the Site Map as Tax Rates. An implicit 0% rate always exists. Additional rates are entered as decimal values - that is, 0.05 means 5%.