How to add tax on your invoice

With Conta, you can easily invoice with tax. Tax on invoices is called consumption tax. There are different rules for consumption tax in the US and in the rest of the world. 

With Conta, you can easily invoice with tax. Tax on invoices is called consumption tax. There are different rules for consumption tax in the US and in the rest of the world. 

If you’re in the US

If you’re in the US, you simply enter the sales tax rate when you add the product or service you’ve sold:

If you leave the sales tax blank, no tax will be added to your invoice. 

The sales tax rate varies from state to state, and can also depend on what you’re selling, so you should check what applies in your state, as well as the federal requirements.

The sales tax rate that you add will be saved to the product, but you can always adjust the rate later, either by going to your product catalog and editing the product, or by editing the sales tax rate when you make an invoice.

Do I have to add tax? 

If you’re registered for consumption tax in your country, you should add tax to your invoice. 

Whether or not you need to register for consumption tax, depends on how much you’re earning. The threshold to register varies from country to country, so you should check what applies to you.  

Once you’re registered for consumption tax, you should invoice with tax. Read more about what to do about tax on your invoice.

This also means that if you’re not registered for consumption tax, you should turn the tax toggle off:

Turning tax off on invoice

You’ll then create what’s called a regular invoice, rather than a tax invoice.

How do I add tax to my invoice?

To add tax, you have to first make sure that add tax is toggled:

Turning tax on on invoice

Once you go to add your products and services, you’ll be prompted to enter a tax code per product and service: 

Setting tax code on products and services

How much tax should I add?

Which tax code you should choose depends on what you’re selling. In some countries most products and services have the same rate, but in others it varies from product to product. Some items are even exempt from consumption tax. We recommend reaching out to a tax specialist, if you have questions about which tax codes to use. 

With Conta, you can, of course, choose different tax rates for different products: 

The tax and the total amount with tax is worked out automatically. Then you simply click CREATE INVOICE to create your tax invoice.

Creating a tax invoice
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