Introduction to Taxes in OpenCart Updated on January 23, 2012 by Carrie Smaha 0 Minutes, 46 Seconds to 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 Senior Marketing Operations leader with over 20 years of experience in digital strategy, web development, and IT project management. She specializes in go-to-market programs and SaaS solutions for WordPress and VPS Hosting, working closely with technical teams and customers to deliver high-performance, scalable platforms. At InMotion Hosting, she drives product marketing initiatives that blend strategic insight with technical depth. 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
