The Tax tab of the Options dialog is used to configure any sales tax, GST or VAT rates that are applied to items.

Tax Rates

The groupbox contains the list of user defined tax names and corresponding rates.

Add

Click the Add button to add a new tax rate.

Edit

Click the Edit button to edit the details of the tax rate selected in the list.

Delete

Click the Delete button to delete the tax rate selected in the list.

Reset Tax Rates

Click the Reset Tax Rates button to reset all the the tax rates in your list.

Tax Options

By default items have this tax rate

Any new item will have this rate selected by default.

Item prices are tax inclusive (presumed to already include tax)

If this is ticked, all items subject to tax will be priced and displayed as being tax inclusive.

By default new customers are tax exempt

If ticked, any new customer will be marked as tax exempt (so no sales tax will be applied). Use this if you mainly export.

Display combined tax rates separately

When this option is enabled, ExpressInvoice will display the sub tax rates separately instead of the combined tax name.

Show sales tax rate as column on invoice

Select this option if you would like to display the sales tax in percentage and/or name in the item rows.

Show sales tax rate percent (e.g., 8.90 %)

Select this option if you would like to display the sales tax in percentage in the item rows.

Show sales tax name (e.g., GST)

Select this option if you would like to display the sales tax name in the item rows.

Show sales tax amount as a column on invoice (UK only)

Select this option if you would like to display the sales tax amount in the item rows.