Merchandise Taxes

To charge taxes on merchandise during a sales process, you must add each required tax to the system and configure the rate. You can add a simple tax that includes a single rate or you can add a tax with multiple entities, each with its own tax rate.

You can configure taxes from Tickets under Pricing or Merchandise under Configuration. Select Taxes to open the taxes page.

On the Add/Edit tax screen, you can set one tax as the default for new merchandise items. For example, if you have a local sales tax requirement, you can set it as the default. When you add a merchandise item, the default tax is selected automatically, but you can choose another to apply.

Note: The default setting does not apply to merchandise items added before the 4.1 upgrade. A "Generated merchandise tax" is applied to existing merchandise. This tax combines all taxes that were applicable to merchandise before the upgrade.

On the Merchandise tab of the tax record, you can quickly view all merchandise items the tax applies to. You can also add other merchandise items directly to the tax. For example, if you have a local junk food tax, you can add which food items the tax applies to.

For more information about how to configure merchandise taxes, refer to Taxes Configuration.