Tax Overview
Tax lets you charge the correct sales tax on products and services. You define rates under Configurations, attach them to catalog items, and they apply automatically when those items are added on the register, unless you remove tax for a specific line or order.
What this covers
On the free Basic plan, Taxes is locked. While locked, or after a downgrade, new orders compute without tax even if tax rows still exist. History keeps whatever tax was recorded. Tax lights up again when you upgrade.
How tax flows
- Create tax rates under Configurations → Payments & Tax → Taxes (name, rate type, rate).
- Attach a tax to a product or service on the product form's Tax tab: pick a tax class and the rate. An item carries at most one tax.
- On the register, tax applies automatically to taxable lines. Use Remove Tax on a line or on the whole order for a tax-free sale.
Store setup templates can seed a rate, such as 12% VAT, when Tax is on your plan. See Store setup templates.
Prices you enter already include tax
Fuze Store treats your product prices as tax-inclusive, the normal Philippine practice. A ₱112 product with 12% VAT is not charged ₱125.44. The ₱112 is the final price, and the VAT part (₱12) is extracted from it for the receipt and reports. This holds for both rate types: a ₱50 item with a ₱2 fixed tax still sells for ₱50, and ₱2 of it is tax.
The two rate types
Percentage is what almost every store uses, for VAT or sales tax. The tax in a price is price × r ÷ (100 + r), so a 12% rate on a ₱112 item records ₱12 of tax and ₱100 net.
Fixed takes a set amount out of each item's price, per unit. A ₱2 bag levy on three bags records ₱6, and an order-level discount does not change that. If the fixed amount is larger than the price, the whole line is treated as tax rather than going negative.
Field explanations
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | Display name for the tax, such as VAT 12%. Names need not be unique. |
| Description | Optional note for staff. |
| Rate Type | Percentage takes a % out of the price. Fixed takes a set amount per item. |
| Rate | For percentage, the percent (0 to 100). For fixed, the amount per item in your store currency. |
Country and currency are not form fields. The store's currency and country are copied on when you save.
Works with
| Add-on or plan | What changes |
|---|---|
| Basic plan | Taxes are locked, and new orders have no tax. |
| Starter and up | Taxes are available. |
| Charges | A percentage charge is taken after discounts with tax included. See Charges Overview. |
| Organization add-on | Each branch keeps its own taxes. |