Selecting taxes (or fees) to apply to your product – Checkfront

Selecting the taxes or fees to apply to your product in Checkfront ensures your pricing reflects the correct charges, helping you stay compliant and provide accurate total costs to customers at checkout.

Learn how to select taxes (or fees) to apply to your products from the Pricing tab of the Product Builder, including how to select from existing taxes (or fees), create new taxes (or fees), edit taxes (or fees), or remove existing ones.

Learn more about the Pricing tab here: Step 4: Configuring pricing for your product

New to the Product Builder? Read the first article in this series for an introduction to the Product feature.

Accessing the features mentioned in this article

Where can I find this feature using the top menu?

Inventory > Products > Products > Add Product/Add New Product/Edit Product > Pricing

What more do I need to use this feature?

Admin permissions to manage inventory or restricted permissions to View products and assets and Manage products and assets.

Which Checkfront version supports this feature - classic items, classic products, or both?

Your account must have access to classic products (Inventory > Products), a key feature of our classic products version of Checkfront. This feature is not available for use with classic items (Inventory > Items) in our classic items version. → Learn more about products.

Selecting taxes (or fees) to apply

Pricing table with seasonal rates showing taxes, deposit requirements, and commission settings.

You can select existing taxes (or fees) or create new ones for your product.

Selecting existing taxes (or fees) to apply to your product

Product pricing setup screen highlighting the option to add GST or regional tax.Add Existing Product Tax

You can select one or more existing taxes (or fees) to apply to this product by opening the dropdown menu and selecting the checkbox next to the tax (or fee) name. The selected tax (or fee) name label displays automatically in the Taxes & Fees field.

Creating taxes (or fees) to apply to your product

Interface showing the option to create a new tax entry within product pricing.

You can create a new tax (or fee) to add to the product. Start by clicking the + Create New button. This action opens the Create Tax window, where you add the tax (or fee) details and click the Save button for the new entry. The new tax (or fee) automatically adds to the product.

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Editing taxes (or fees) applied to products

Product pricing screen with the regional tax field highlighted for editing.

You can edit the added tax (or fee) entries by clicking the Pencil icon to the left of its name.

Edit tax form displaying fields for name, amount, customer applicability, and calculation method.

You can make your desired changes in the Edit Tax window and click the Save button.

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Removing taxes (or fees) from your product

Tax selection menu showing how to remove an applied tax from product pricing.

You can remove a tax (or fee) by clicking the X next to the tax name or opening the taxes dropdown menu and clicking to deselect the checkmark beside the entry.

Product pricing setup interface highlighting the option to remove existing taxes.

You can remove all tax (or fee) entries immediately by clicking the X at the end of the Taxes & Fees row.

Next Steps

In the following article in this series, we examine the requirement for booking deposits for your product.

< Using the pricing table for your product | Requiring booking deposits for your product >

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