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+<p> <b>A Tax Rule automatically applies taxes to transactions based on preset rules. </b></p>
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+<p align="justify"> You can define which Tax Template must be applied on a Sales / Purchase transaction using Tax Rule. This is decided by various factors like Customer, Customer Group, Supplier, Supplier Group, Item, Item Group or a combination of these.</p>
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+<p> <b> To access the Tax Rule list, go to: </b> </p>
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+<blockquote> Home > Accounting > Taxes > Tax Rule</blockquote>
+
+<h2> 1. Prerequisites </h2>
+Before creating and using a Tax Rule, it is advised to create the following first:
+<ol>
+<li><a href="https://docs.gostride.io/sales/sales-taxes-and-charges-template">Sales Taxes and Charges Template </a></li>
+Or
+<li><a href="https://docs.gostride.io/buying/purchase-taxes-and-charges-template">Purchase Taxes and Charges Template</a> </li>
+</ol>
+
+<h2> 2. How to create a Tax Rule </h2>
+<ol>
+<li> Go to the Tax Rule list and click on New.</li>
+<li> Under Tax Type select whether the tax will be applied at Sales or Purchase.</li>
+<li> Select the Tax Template to be applied.</li>
+<li> Save.</li>
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+<img src="/files/Create Tax Rule.png" >
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+</ol>
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+<p align="justify"> You can list Items online using the Website module. Selecting 'Use for Shopping Cart' will use this Tax Rule for Shopping Cart transactions also. </p>
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+<blockquote> <b> Note: </b> It is advised to not use the Sales/Purchase Template selected here in Item Tax Template, it may cause interference. If you want to use same tax rates for Tax Rule and Item Tax Template, use a different name for the Sales/Purchase Tax Templates </blockquote>
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+<h2> 3. Features </h2>
+<h3> 3.1 Auto applying Tax Rule based on Customer/Supplier </h3>
+<p align="justify"> Select a Customer/Supplier if tax is to be applied for a specific party. Leave it as All Customer Groups/All Supplier Groups if this Tax Rule is applicable to all Customers/Suppliers. </p>
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+<p align="justify"> On selecting a Customer/Supplier their Billing and Shipping addresses will be fetched if saved in the Customer/Supplier master. </p>
+
+<h3> 3.2 Auto applying Tax Rule based on Item / Item Group </h3>
+<p align="justify"> On setting an Item or Item group in the Tax Rule, this Tax Rule will automatically be applied to new transactions that have the selected Item/Item Group.</p>
+
+<h3> 3.3 Setting a Tax Category </h3>
+<p align="justify"> Setting a Tax Category allows applying multiple Tax Rules to a transaction based on different factors.</h3>
+
+<h3> 3.4 Validity </h3>
+<p align="justify"> Set a Start and End Date if the tax is to be applied only for a specified period. Leaving both dates blank will result in the Tax Rule to have no time limits. </p>
+
+<h3> 3.5 Priority </h3>
+<p align="justify"> Setting a priority number here will decide on which order a Tax Rule will be applied in case multiple Tax Rules have similar criteria. '1' is the highest priority, '2' has lesser priority and so on. </p>
+