Tax areas
Page: Orders >> Tax calculation >> Tax areasNote: You cannot modify the tax areas until you click Customise on the Tax matrix page. See Tax matrix.To set a tax area to default, click the option button in the corresponding row. The default setting of the tax area applies to the following places:
- During tax calculation for product prices in the MBO.
If you save gross prices, net prices will be saved. And the tax level of the default tax area will be used.
- During selection of the tax area in the shopping basket
If the customer is allowed to select his tax area in the shopping basket, available areas are displayed in a drop-down box. The default tax area is pre-selected in this field. See also Shopping basket.
The tax area is the basis for the tax calculation for the specified customer. Therefore, each customer must be assigned a tax area. The assignment can occur manually or automatically. See also Shopping basket. During automatic assignment, the country of the customer address is analysed and determines the tax area.Assignment to countries
In the Assignment to countries section, you can see a list of the countries which are assigned to various tax areas. Which countries are contained in the list can be managed in the country settings. See Countries.Note: If you would like to edit the country assignment, you must go to the Tax matrix page and click Customise to activate entry mode. See Tax matrix.In the entry mode, each country entry has a drop-down menu that lists the tax areas created under Tax areas. You can use these to change the assignment of tax areas.In addition, you can create "Special tax areas" for every country. Those are areas in a country where different tax rates apply. To assign such an area its own tax rates, do the following:
- Create a tax area in the Tax areas section.
- Go to Assignment to countries.
- For the corresponding country, click Add exception.
- Enter the name and the postcode for the special area and select the newly-created tax area in the drop-down menu.
- Click Save.
- Change to the Tax matrix tab.
- Enter the corresponding tax data in the row for the new tax area.
- Click Save.