{"id":1718,"date":"2012-08-23T12:07:54","date_gmt":"2012-08-23T12:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2012\/08\/23\/tax-and-tax-rules\/"},"modified":"2021-11-15T17:42:59","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T22:42:59","slug":"tax-and-tax-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/prestashop\/tax-and-tax-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"An Overview of Taxes and Tax Rules in PrestaShop 1.5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When working with Taxes in PrestaShop 1.5, you&#8217;ll come across both Taxes and Tax Rules. Taxes and Tax Rules work together in order to create taxes in PrestaShop 1.5. In this tutorial, we&#8217;ll give you an overview of these two items so you have a better understanding of how they work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Are Taxes in PrestaShop 1.5?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Taxes<\/strong> in PrestaShop 1.5 are essentially:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>A name<\/strong> to identify the tax on invoices, such as Sales-taxes US-VA 4%<\/li><li><strong>A tax rate<\/strong>, such as 4.000<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Taxes<\/strong> don&#8217;t have any geographical location associated with them, they are simply a label and a tax rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Are Tax Rules in PrestaShop 1.5?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A <strong>tax rule<\/strong> in PrestaShop 1.5 includes the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A geographical location, such a Country, State, and Zip code.<\/li><li>A behavior for the tax rule in the event multiple tax rules apply<\/li><li>A tax (the tax described at the top of this page)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tax Rules<\/strong> are assigned to a <strong>Tax<\/strong>, so taxes must be created before tax rules.<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Setup Taxes Within PrestaShop 1.5<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Setting up taxes in PrestaShop 1.5 is a three-step process. You can use the links below to help you get started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"article_list wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/prestashop\/create-new-tax\/\">Create a new tax<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/prestashop\/new-tax-rule\/\">Create a new tax rule<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/prestashop\/tax-rule\/\">Assign a tax rule to a product<\/a><\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When working with Taxes in PrestaShop 1.5, you&#8217;ll come across both Taxes and Tax Rules. Taxes and Tax Rules work together in order to create taxes in PrestaShop 1.5. In this tutorial, we&#8217;ll give you an overview of these two items so you have a better understanding of how they work. 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