Introduction to Taxes in OpenCart Carrie SmahaUpdated on January 23, 2012 1 Minute Read Taxes can be an important aspect of your OpenCart shopping cart. Depending on the laws where you operate your business it may be necessary to charge some or all of your customers tax. It’s important to understand how taxes work in OpenCart. Geo Zone: a geographical region to specify in OpenCart – This can be a multiple states or entire countries Tax Class: This is a type of product to apply a tax rate to and can be based on shipping address, payment address, or store address Tax Rate: This is the actual rate of tax to be applied to a specific Geo Zone Each product you set up is assigned to a tax class. This tax class is defined by a tax rate assigned to it. Each tax rate then has a geo zone assigned to it. If you need further assistance please feel free to ask a question in our support center website. Share this Article Carrie Smaha Senior Manager Marketing Operations Carrie Smaha is a digital strategy, web development, and SEO leader with 20 years of experience. She built her foundation in fast-paced agency environments before moving in-house to InMotion Hosting, where she leads go-to-market programs, agency initiatives, and technical product marketing that connects product capability to real customer decisions. More Articles by Carrie Related Articles Editing the Information Pages in the Footer of OpenCart My OpenCart 3 Contact Form Won’t Send Emails Resetting your OpenCart Admin Password with the Forgot Password link Using Free Cloudflare for SSL on OpenCart 1.5 Adding your store logo to your OpenCart 1.5 website Changing your Admin Password in OpenCart 1.5 Restoring a Database Backup in OpenCart 1.5 Sending Emails to Customers through OpenCart 1.5 How to Enable SSL Connection in OpenCart 1.5 Creating a 404 error page for OpenCart
