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How to Use Tax Rates
Lucia Burin Sestakova avatar
Written by Lucia Burin Sestakova
Updated over 2 months ago

πŸ” Required Role Permissions: Tax Rates, Products, Items, See Settings, Modify Settings

πŸ”“ Optional Role Permissions: Save Searches, See Bulk Action, Data Export, Generate Reports

Create New Tax Rate

  1. In the Ventrata dashboard, go to Products > Tax Rates.

  2. Press the + New Tax Rate button.

  3. Enter a name for the tax rate.

  4. Check the 'Optional' box if the tax rate is optional.

  5. Select which sources will include the tax rate.


    πŸ“’ NOTE

    By default, all sources are selected. Remove the ones that will not include the tax rate.


  6. Select a date range based on travel date and/or booking date.


    πŸ“— TIP

    If the legislation in your country requires you to change the tax rate on specific periods, you can set up these periods already when you create the tax rate.


  7. Check the 'Percentage' box if the tax rate is expressed as a percentage.

  8. If the tax rate is expressed as a percentage, you can check the 'Rounded' box if the total of a booking after applying the tax rate should be rounded to the nearest tenth.

  9. Enter the amount of the tax rate in the appropriate format.

    • Percentage (when 'Percentage' is checked)

    • Currency and exact number (when 'Percentage' is NOT checked)

  10. Press the Create Tax Rate button.


Assign Tax Rate

A tax rate must be assigned to each sold item, whether it is a product, item, or extra, to be applied during checkout.

Product

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Assign the tax rate to the product if it uses per-booking pricing.

  1. In the Ventrata dashboard, go to Products > Products.

  2. Select an existing product.

  3. Press the pen and paper icon to edit the product.

  4. Scroll down the product form or simply search for 'Tax Rates'.

  5. Select the applicable tax rate.

  6. Check the 'Included' if the product price will already include the tax rate when the customer is making the purchase.

  7. Press the Update Product button.


Unit

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Assign the tax rate to each unit as appropriate, or if pricing is separate for each unit.

  1. In the Ventrata dashboard, go to Products > Products.

  2. Select an existing product.

  3. Press the pen and paper icon next to a unit.

  4. Scroll down the unit form or simply search for 'Tax Rates'.

  5. Select the applicable tax rate.

  6. Press the Update Unit button.


Extra

  1. In the Ventrata dashboard, go to Products > Products.

  2. Select an existing product.

  3. Go to the Extras tab.

  4. Select an existing extra or create a new one.

  5. Scroll down the extra form or simply search for 'Tax Rates'.

  6. Select the applicable tax rate.

  7. Check the 'Included' if the extra's pricing will already include the tax rate when the customer is making the purchase.

  8. Press the Update Extra button, or Create Extra if it is a new extra.


Item

  1. In the Ventrata dashboard, go to Products > Items.

  2. Select an existing item or create a new one.

  3. Scroll to the bottom of the form.

  4. Select the applicable tax rate.

  5. Check the 'Included' if the item's price will already include the tax rate when the customer is making the purchase.

  6. Press the Update Item button, or Create Item if it is a new item.


Gift Cards

  1. In the Ventrata dashboard, go to Supplier Settings > Supplier Settings.

  2. Press the EDIT DETAILS button.

  3. Scroll down the supplier form or simply search for 'Gift tax rates'.

  4. Select the applicable tax rate.

  5. Press the Update Supplier button.

  6. The tax will be added to the gift card value at the time of purchase.

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