Create or Edit a Tax Rate on talech Register

This article will show you how to create a tax rate using talech Register. Tax rates can be set by category or individual products.

There are 3 types of taxes you can create:

Applied tax: This is a percentage-based tax added to an item’s price. For example, $10.00 item with 10% tax. Total with tax = $11.00.
Inclusive tax: This is a percentage-based tax included in an item’s price. For example, $10.00 item with 10% tax. Total with tax = $10.00.
Flat tax: This is a fixed dollar amount tax added to an item’s price. For example, $10.00 item with $1.00 tax. Total with tax = $11.00.

Change the default tax rate

Note: For a new account, the tax rate will be set to 0% by default. It is important to set up a tax rate prior to taking payment transactions.

Go to Dashboard > Back Office > Settings > Taxes.
Select Default tax.
Change the name of the tax, the tax rate, the type of tax and the products it is applied to.

Create or edit a tax rate

Multiple tax rates are supported by talech. For example, if food and beverages have different tax rates, you could create a ‘food tax’ and a ‘drink tax’ and apply them to the appropriate products/categories.

Go to Back Office > Settings > Taxes.
Select + at the top right of the screen to create a new tax. Select an existing tax to edit it.

Taxes settings from back office

Name the tax and input a tax rate.
Select the type of tax.
- Tax Applied to Price (applied tax)
- Tax Inclusive Pricing (inclusive tax)
- Tax Flat Amount (flat tax)

new tax form with name, tax rate and tax type completed.

Select the appropriate categories to apply the tax to by selecting the Applied Categories under the tax types. You’ll see multiple Applied Categories for your different order types.

You can apply multiple taxes to a category. For example, state tax and federal tax on an item.
You can apply different tax amounts on your different order types. For example, ‘To Go’ versus ‘Dine In’ orders.

new tax form with applied categories highlighted

Once you select one of these options, all your categories appear. Select one to apply a checkmark which adds the tax rate to it. Or select All Categories to add the tax rate to all. Once you are done, select Back.
Select Save to finish.

new tax form with categories selected