Tax settings
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Tax settings

In order to charge the correct taxes, you must configure tax settings for your store.

IMPORTANT: The rates provided in the application are suggestions only. You are solely responsible for determining and applying the correct goods, sales, harmonized and other tax rates to be applied as part of your transactions with your customers.  Moneris does not provide tax, accounting, legal or other professional advice and does not warrant or guarantee that the rates suggested are applicable to you or your goods/services.

  1. On the main menu, click Settings, then Store.  
  1. On the Store settings page, scroll down to Tax settings.
  2. If you have your tax registration number ready, click Yes, I am eligible to collect taxes. 
  3. Under Sales tax, select your Province of business.  
  4. Under Tax registration number, enter the information required.  This will vary by province.  You may be asked to enter a registration number for one or more of these taxes: GST, PST, HST, RST, or QST. 
  5. When prompted to confirm the tax rate, click checkbox next to "I agree". 
  6. Click Save. 
  7. If you sell products that are exempt from PST, continue to step 9.  If you sell products that are exempt from all taxes, continue to step 10. 

Note:  When adding a product or editing a product, you can also indicate the product is PST-exempt or tax-free. 
  1. To specify which products are exempt from provincial sales tax (PST):
    1. Click the PST Exempt tab.  
    2. Click Add products. 
    3. When the product panel appears, select the products or categories to which Go Retail should not apply the PST, then click Save. 
    4. The panel closes and the products you selected will appear on the PST Exempt tab. When you sell these products, Go Retail will apply the GST only. 
  1. To specify which products are exempt from all taxes:
    1. Click the Tax-free tab.  
    2. Click Add products. 
    3. When the product panel appears, select the products or categories to which Go Retail should not apply any tax, then click Save. 
    4. The panel closes and the products you selected will appear on the Tax-free tab. When you sell these products, Go Retail will not apply any taxes.