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Managing Sales Taxes
Managing Sales Taxes

Learn how to add taxes into your settings for automatic application. This article will also dive into the ways to manage taxes for your business location.

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Written by Angel Horowitz
Updated over 2 weeks ago

Services Location

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Taxes are based on where services are provided. In other words, if services are provided at the clinic, then the clinic’s address will be used to determine the appropriate taxes. If services are provided remotely, then taxes will be calculated based on that location. Therefore, it is crucial that you have the accurate address for your clinic put in place (click here to learn how to add your address). For more information about working with appointments, please see Working with Appointments. For more information about setting your address, please see Uploading Practice Logo and Setting Up Practice Contact Information.

To set your default service location:

  1. Click on "Settings"

  2. Under the “Configuration” tab, scroll down to "Services Location”

  3. Click on the edit icon

  4. Set the applicable value in the field that appears

  5. Click the save icon

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Taxes are managed under Settings and are applied to the inventory categories of your choice. However, individual inventory items can be opted into (or out of) specific taxes. Clients can also be exempted from taxes by default.

For clinics that offer mobile services or both in-clinic and on-site services:

You want to make sure that when you are adding in your client's addresses that you are selected the verified address from the menu in DaySmart Vet in order for the taxes to calculate properly for the client's location.

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You will also have the option to select the location of the service when checking in the appointments depending on where the services will be performed.

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Add a New Tax into Settings

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  1. Click on "Settings"

  2. Click on the "Configuration" tab and select “New Tax”

  3. Complete the form that appears, including by selecting the type of tax (i.e., city, county, state, or country), the specific tax jurisdiction, and the inventory categories that the tax should be applied to

  4. In the "Applies To:" field, you will need to select the categories that are taxable. If needed, you can leave the default "All inventory categories" selected until you get your inventory categories set

  5. Click "Save"

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Inventory Implications

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If your business is in a jurisdiction where only certain inventory items are taxable, it is important to designate certain categories as taxable categories. You can utilize the default subcategories or create your own custom ones in Inventory > Categories > New Category. Once you have designated taxable categories, you will want to make sure the correct items are placed in the applicable category. Also, do not forget to go back to Settings > Configurations > View Taxes and apply the taxable categories to the applicable taxes.

  1. Click on "Inventory”

  2. Navigate to the applicable item

  3. Click “taxes”

  4. Click on the edit icon for the applicable tax

  5. Change the value of the “action" column to "Applicable" or "Not Applicable"

  6. Click the save icon

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Exempting a Client from Taxes

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  1. Navigate to the client's profile.

  2. Click on "Edit Profile"

  3. Navigate to the field "Exempt from" and select "Taxes" from the drop-down list

  4. Click "Save + Done"

How to add in taxes the business pays on an order

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When receiving an order through a "New Receipt", you can add in the taxes the business paid on that order.

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There is also an option under Settings > View Configurations > Cost Plus Pricing. This configuration determines whether tax and shipping costs are included when calculating an inventory item's price using cost plus pricing.


To Review Sales Taxes Collected

  1. Click on the “Reports” module.

  2. Click on the “Billing” tab.

  3. Click on “Sales Tax Summary”

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