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Tax Areas - Setup Requirements
The use of Tax Areas in System Five provides the ability to create, manage and report on many different Tax Rates.
There is a very important requirement that may not be obvious at first glance. If you need to use Tax Areas, then each of the 8 possible Taxes that you collect must have a rate for each of the Tax Areas you require.
This can be demonstrated as follows:
In Canada, there are three forms of Tax. Provincal Sales Tax (PST), Goods and Services Tax (GST) and Hormonized Sales Tax (HST). Depending on the Province to which the goods or services are sold, different taxes must be charged and remitted to the appropriate Tax Authority. In order accomplish this collection and reporting, System Five needs to know how much tax to charge in each of the Tax Areas.
Tax 1 is typically configured as PST Tax 2 is typically configured as GST Tax 3 is typically configured as HST There are a total of 10 Provinces and 2 Territories in Canada AB - Alberta BC - British Columbia MB - Manitoba NB - New Brunswick NL - Newfoundland/Labrador NS - Nova Scotia NU - Nunavut ON - Ontario PE - Prince Edward Island QC - Quebec SK - Saskatchewan YT - Yukon
The Taxes applicable in each of these areas is different either by type of tax or by the rate that is charged.
Here is an example using three of the Canadian Provinces: Tax 1 (PST) is not charged in Alberta, therefore the Tax 1 - Tax Area [AB] would have a Rate of 0.00% Tax 1 (PST) is charged in British Columbia, therefore the Tax 1 - Tax Area [BC] would have a Rate of 7.00% Tax 1 (PST) is not charged in New Brunswick, therefore the Tax 1 - Tax Area [NB] would have a Rate of 0.00%
Tax 2 (GST) is charged in Alberta, therefore the Tax 2 - Tax Area [AB] would have a Rate of 6.00% Tax 2 (GST) is charged in British Columbia, therefore the Tax 2 - Tax Area [BC] would have a Rate of 6.00% Tax 2 (GST) is not charged in New Brunswick, therefore the Tax 2 - Tax Area [NB] would have a Rate of 0.00%
Tax 3 (HST) is not charged in Alberta, therefore the Tax 3 - Tax Area [AB] would have a Rate of 0.00% Tax 3 (HST) is not charged in British Columbia, therefore the Tax 3 - Tax Area [BC] would have a Rate of 0.00% Tax 3 (HST) is charged in New Brunswick, therefore the Tax 3 - Tax Area [NB] would have a Rate of 14.00%
Below are three pictures of the complete Tax Area setup for all 12 Tax Areas:
Tax 1 - PST
Tax 2 - GST
Tax 3 - HST
