{"id":1122,"date":"2012-01-23T14:51:03","date_gmt":"2012-01-23T14:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2012\/01\/23\/adding-a-new-tax-class-in-opencart\/"},"modified":"2021-08-16T23:48:23","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T03:48:23","slug":"adding-a-new-tax-class-in-opencart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/opencart\/adding-a-new-tax-class-in-opencart\/","title":{"rendered":"Adding a New Tax Class in OpenCart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tax classes are assigned to products to determine what type of tax to apply to the product. Please see our article if you are not familiar with<a href=\"\/support\/edu\/opencart\/introduction-to-taxes-in-opencart\/\"> how taxes work in OpenCart<\/a>. Tax classes are easily set up in the OpenCart dashboard.<\/p>\n<h2>   How to Add a Tax Class <\/h2>\n<ol class=\"article_list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/\">Log into the OpenCart Dashboard<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Go to <strong>System &gt; Localisation &gt; Taxes &gt; Tax Classes<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Click \u201c<strong>insert<\/strong>\u201d in the upper right corner<\/li>\n<li>Fill in the fields on the page <a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/opencart_opencart_add_tax_class_1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"343\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/opencart_opencart_add_tax_class_1-1024x343.jpg\" class=\"optimized-lcp-image\" alt=\"opencart_add_tax_class_1\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/opencart_opencart_add_tax_class_1-1024x343.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/opencart_opencart_add_tax_class_1-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/opencart_opencart_add_tax_class_1-768x257.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/opencart_opencart_add_tax_class_1.jpg 1580w\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\n<p>  \u2013<strong>Tax Class Title<\/strong>: Name the tax class<br> \u2013<strong>Description<\/strong>: provide a brief summary of the tax class <\/p><\/li>\n<li>Click \u201c<strong>Save<\/strong>\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>If you need further assistance please feel free to <a ferh=\"\/support\/community-support\/\">ask a question in our support center website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tax classes are assigned to products to determine what type of tax to apply to the product. 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