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Hi There,

 

Can anybody help me please - I have been struggling with this for weeks now.

I am based in South Africa and want to tax only South African customers, but not international customers.

How do I go about setting up the taxes for that?

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Alexandra.

 

I assume S Africa only has one tax and that it is applied to all of south Africa. Assuming that, this is a simple tax breakdown for you.

 

 

 

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Step-by-Step SETUP:

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STEP (1): Set the location for your store:

 

Configuration --> My Store

 

- Country: South Africa

- Zone: Johannesburg

 

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STEP (2): Create the "Tax Zones". The are geographical regions where a particular set of tax laws applies

 

Locations/Taxes --> Tax Zones

 

Create the Zone for all of South Africa

- Zone Name: S Africa Tax Zone

- Description: Taxable Goods

 

 

Now click on the newly created "South Africa Tax Zone" row to drill down one level to "Sub Zones"

Click INSERT to create 8 new sub-zones, one at a time:

 

- Country: South Africa; Zone: Eastern Cape

- Country: South Africa; Zone: Free State

- Country: South Africa; Zone: Gauteng

- Country: South Africa; Zone: KwaZulu-Natal

- Country: South Africa; Zone: Limpopo

- Country: South Africa; Zone: Mpumalanga

- Country: South Africa; Zone: Northern Cape

- Country: South Africa; Zone: Western Cape

 

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STEP (3): Create the "Tax Classes"

 

Locations/Taxes --> Tax Classes

 

- Tax Class Title: VAT Class

- Description: All taxable goods

 

 

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STEP (4): TAX RATES

 

Here is where it all comes together: Tax Rates.

Tax Rates associate Tax Zones & Tax Class to determine

the correct Tax Rate.

 

 

Locations/Taxes --> Tax Rates

 

create SIX (6) Tax Rates:

 

- Tax Class Title: VAT Class

- Zone: S Africa Tax Zone

- Tax Rate (%): 14.0

- Description: 14.0%

- Priority: 1

 

 

 

I think that will do it. The most time consuming thing will be to add the VAT Class to all your products.

 

Test this out before doing them all, I have just modified a Standard Tax setup for use in S Africa but the structure should still work.

 

 

Chris

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Alexandra.

 

I assume S Africa only has one tax and that it is applied to all of south Africa. Assuming that, this is a simple tax breakdown for you.

 

 

 

===================

Step-by-Step SETUP:

===================

 

STEP (1): Set the location for your store:

 

Configuration --> My Store

 

- Country: South Africa

- Zone: Johannesburg

 

========================================================

 

STEP (2): Create the "Tax Zones". The are geographical regions where a particular set of tax laws applies

 

Locations/Taxes --> Tax Zones

 

Create the Zone for all of South Africa

- Zone Name: S Africa Tax Zone

- Description: Taxable Goods

 

 

Now click on the newly created "South Africa Tax Zone" row to drill down one level to "Sub Zones"

Click INSERT to create 8 new sub-zones, one at a time:

 

- Country: South Africa; Zone: Eastern Cape

- Country: South Africa; Zone: Free State

- Country: South Africa; Zone: Gauteng

- Country: South Africa; Zone: KwaZulu-Natal

- Country: South Africa; Zone: Limpopo

- Country: South Africa; Zone: Mpumalanga

- Country: South Africa; Zone: Northern Cape

- Country: South Africa; Zone: Western Cape

 

========================================================

 

STEP (3): Create the "Tax Classes"

 

Locations/Taxes --> Tax Classes

 

- Tax Class Title: VAT Class

- Description: All taxable goods

 

 

========================================================

 

STEP (4): TAX RATES

 

Here is where it all comes together: Tax Rates.

Tax Rates associate Tax Zones & Tax Class to determine

the correct Tax Rate.

 

 

Locations/Taxes --> Tax Rates

 

create SIX (6) Tax Rates:

 

- Tax Class Title: VAT Class

- Zone: S Africa Tax Zone

- Tax Rate (%): 14.0

- Description: 14.0%

- Priority: 1

 

 

 

I think that will do it. The most time consuming thing will be to add the VAT Class to all your products.

 

Test this out before doing them all, I have just modified a Standard Tax setup for use in S Africa but the structure should still work.

 

 

Chris

 

Hi Chris,

Thank you very much for your response - I dont have a zone for South Africa and there are no options for johannesburg.

Will this be a problem in setting up the further steps?

Is this zone setting required?

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