Simple Tax Creation Example
The below guide contains instructions for how to create simple taxes for the point of sale, using bottle taxes as an example.
1. Go to the Point of Sale module
2. Click on Configuration -> Taxes
3. Click on New to create a new Tax
4. Name your Tax something easy to understand.
The 'Tax Name' will be displayed on the receipt.
5. Type in a Description
This is a short summary of what this tax is for, to allow future reference.
6. Set 'Tax Computation' type to 'Fixed'
As the bottle tax is a flat rate, we do not want it to be set as a percentage.
7. Set 'Tax Scope' to 'Goods'
This applies the tax to products and not services.
8. Calculate the tax which you would like to apply and put it in 'Amount'
9. Save the Tax policy.
Repeat steps 1-9 for each tax policy which you need to create!
10. Go to the product list and select the product which you would like to modify.
11. Click on 'Customer Taxes' and add the desired tax to the Product
12. The tax is now applied.
