Adding tax profiles for invoicing

• Creating a tax profile for each jurisdiction

You can create tax profiles for each client you invoice.

Each tax profile is associated with one or more clients. Then, when you invoice a client, the taxes are automatically calculated and applied to invoice amounts, based on that client's tax profile.

Creating a tax profile for each jurisdiction

You'll likely want to have a separate profile for each tax jurisdiction you work in. For example, if you perform work in Canada, you might create:

• One tax profile for Alberta that includes 5% GST
• One tax profile for BC and Manitoba, that includes 5% GST and 7% PST
• One tax profile for all regions that charge 15% HST

Then, you'd assign the appropriate profile to clients located in each region.

Adding a tax profile

To add a tax profile:

1. Check that Tax Profiles permission is enabled in your Administration set.

2. Go to Administration > Company > Tax Profiles, and click Add Tax Profile.
3. Give the profile a name.

4. Click + Add Tax, and a row appears where you can complete the fields for a single tax type. Click + Add Tax again to add more rows, if the profile requires more than one tax type.

4. Click Save.

Updating tax rates

If a tax rate has changed, or is due to change, you can include multiple rates with unique effective dates by clicking + Add.

Assigning tax profiles to clients

You can only assign one profile per client, so be sure to include all relevant taxes in the profiles you assign. You can assign each profile to multiple clients.

To assign a tax profile:

1. Click Clients in the side menu.
2. On the List tab, click the name of the client you want to assign a profile to.
3. Click the Edit button.
4. On the Summary tab,  click the icon beside Billing. 
5. Click the Tax Profile field, and select the appropriate profile.
6. Click Save.

Related topics

Setting up invoice templates
Invoicing a client
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