Tax Rate Setup¶
How to access Tax rates¶
Tax classes are displayed at the top of the tax screen.
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Go to: WooCommerce -> Settings -> Tax
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Click one to view tax rates for the class.
Tax Rate Attributes¶
Each tax rate has these attributes:
Country Code¶
This is a 2 digit country code for the rate. Use ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes. Leave blank (*) to apply to all countries. Eg: IN = India
State Code¶
This is a 2 digit state code for the rate. See i18n/states/COUNTRYCODE.php for supported states. Use a 2 digit abbreviation e.g. UP = Uttar Pradesh. Leave blank (*) to apply to all states.
ZIP/Postcode¶
Enter postcodes for the rate. You may separate multiple values with a semi-colon, use wildcards to match several postcodes (e.g. PE* would match all postcodes starting with PE), and use numeric ranges (e.g. 2000…3000). Leave blank (*) to apply to all postcodes.
City¶
Semi-colon separated list of cities for the rate. Leave blank (*) to apply to all cities.
Rate %¶
Enter the tax rate, for example, 20.000 for a tax rate of 20%.
Tax Name –¶
In this field, name your tax, e.g. VAT
Priority¶
Choose a priority for this tax rate. Only 1 matching rate per priority will be used. To define multiple tax rates for a single area you need to specify a different priority per rate.
Compound¶
If this rate is compound (applied on top of all prior taxes) check this box.
Shipping¶
If this rate also applies to shipping, check this box.
Tax Import/Export CSV¶
In order to add/edit tax rates, there is option of Import CSV and Export CSV.
- Multiple HSN Codes (Tax rates) can be imported in one CSV file.
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The CSV file for importing requires 10 columns:
- country code
- state code
- postcodes
- cities
- rate
- tax name
- priority
- compound
- shipping
- tax class
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In the CSV file, 3 rows are required to be filled for each tax rate.
Below is a sample tax rate CSV with multiple tax classes to import based on state tax only:
