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1. Importing Tax Rates

2. Creating a new Product Tax Class

3. Creating Tax Rules

4. Flagging GST Only Products for Taxes

Importing Tax Rates

1. Download both files attached to this article.
2. Log into your NRO Admin Panel .
3. Browse to Sales > Tax > Import / Export Tax Rates .
4. Click the Choose File button.
5. Browse to the location where you saved the Canadian Rates.csv file.
6. Select the file and choose Open .
7. Now click Import Tax Rates .

WARNING : Tax rates can change constantly. Please review the rates assigned to each Province and tax tier for accuracy under Sales > Tax > Tax Rules . DO NOT delete any tax rates, even if they are zero.

Creating a new Product Tax Class

Sales > Tax > Product Tax Classes

1. Select the Add New button.
2. In the Class Name box type GST Only Taxable Goods .
   
   
   
3. Click Save Class .

Creating Tax Rules

TIP: It will be extemely helpful to have the Canadian Tax Rules.pdf document open while creating your tax rules.

1. Browse to Sales > Tax > Manage Tax Rules in your NRO Admin Panel.
2. Click the Add New Tax Rule button.
3. Following the Canadian Tax Rules. pdf, Type Retail Customer GST Only Taxable Goods for Name.
4. Product Tax Class should be GST Only Taxable Goods.
5. Select your Tax Rate to be GST Only Products BC, GST Only Products ON, GST Only Products NS by holding down the Ctrl key while selecting these 3 rates.
6. Select the Priority and Sort Order to be zero .
7. Choose Save Rule in the top right Corner.
8. Repeat this process for the remaining tax rules , duplicating the information you find in the Canadian Tax Rules.pdf document.

TIP: If the tax rates in any Province changes, you only need to find the rate here and change it. The new rate will automatically be updated in your rules.

WARNING : G st-Province tax rates are set here if a particular Province is set to only tax for General Sales Tax. The GST Only Products tax rate is used to seperate products that are sold in an area, for example, that uses Harmonized Sales Tax, but some products can only be taxed on GST such as Ontario, British Columbia, and Nova Scotia.

Flagging GST Only Products for Taxes

TIP: If none of the products in your store qualify for GST only tax, such as clothing, then you can skip this step. Your taxes are complete.

1. View your Products under Catalog > Manage Products .
2. Search for products that will qualify for the GST Only Products tax.
   
   
   
3. Now move to the Prices tab .
4. Change the Tax Class to GST Only Products .
   
   
   
5. Save your changes.
6. Do this for the rest of your products that will qualify.

WARNING : All Product Types : Simple, Configurable, and Grouped must be changed.

Attachments (2)

• candian_tax_rules.pdf ( 44 Views, 128.94 KB )
• canadian_rates.csv ( 36 Views, 1.51 KB )