Adding a New Tax Rate in OpenCart Updated on August 16, 2021 by Carrie Smaha 1 Minutes, 2 Seconds to Read Before you can add a new tax rate in OpenCart make sure you understand how taxes work in OpenCart. Also, you will need to set up a Geo Zone to apply that tax rate to. Once you have done both of these steps you’re now ready to add a new tax rate to your shopping cart. How to Add a Tax Rate Log into OpenCart Dashboard Go to System > Localisation > Taxes > Tax Rates Click “Insert” to create a new tax rate and fill in the applicable fields –Tax Name: Give your new tax rate a name –Tax Rate: This is the amount of tax to apply –Type: Choose the type of tax to apply (percentage or fixed amount) –Customer Group: Decide who this tax applies to based on the Customer Group –Geo Zone: decide what Geo Zone the tax rate applies to Click “Save” once you are satisfied with your selections You have now added a new tax rate to OpenCart. Now you can add the tax rate to a tax class so it will be applied to any product that belongs to that specific tax class. 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 enjoys working on demand generation and product marketing projects that tap into multi-touch campaign design, technical SEO, content marketing, software design, and business operations. More Articles by Carrie Related Articles 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 Security Steps to Take After Installing OpenCart
