How to configure taxes for the items I sell?

In Zoho Books, you can configure taxes for individual items. When you create transactions with these item, the configured tax rate will be applied automatically.

To configure tax for an item:

• Go to Items.
• Create a new item or edit an existing one.
• Select a Tax.
• Click Save.

Alternatively, you can update the tax rates of multiple items in one go, using the Bulk Update option. To do this:

• Go to Items.
• Mark the items for which you want to update the tax information.
• Click Bulk Actions > Bulk Update.
• Select the field as Tax and then select the necessary tax rate.
• Click Update.

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