Zoho Books Sales Tax Not Calculating

How to fix it

// try these in order, the most common fix is first

1. FIX 1Confirm plan and edition

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   1. 01Sales and use tax tracking starts at Standard
   2. 02Avalara and native Sales Tax Automation are for US and Canadian organizations
   Did this fix it? Yes No

2. FIX 2Set tax codes on items

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   1. 01Create tax codes in Avalara (or set taxability in Zoho)
   2. 02Assign the code to each item in Zoho Books
   Did this fix it? Yes No

3. FIX 3Complete customer addresses

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   1. 01Add full billing and shipping addresses to the customer
   2. 02Check which address the tax setting uses; only invoices created after a change use the new setting
   Did this fix it? Yes No

4. FIX 4Check the invoice template

   1. 01If the tax is calculated but not shown, edit the template to display tax lines
   Did this fix it? Yes No

Symptoms

Invoices show no tax or the wrong tax, Avalara tax not applied, tax shown differently on the PDF.

Why it happens

• C-01Free plan does not include sales tax tracking
• C-02Avalara is only for US and Canada editions
• C-03Items missing tax codes
• C-04Customer billing or shipping address incomplete
• C-05Address-for-tax setting changed

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