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What is the Tax Engine?

An overview of the tax engine

Updated over 2 years ago

The tax engine built into OnRent is designed to handle all kinds of global tax rules. 

UK, Australia, Netherlands & South Africa

Signed up from the UK, Australia, Netherlands or South Africa? We’ve automatically configured VAT or GST for your region for you!

If you do business in other regions, you might wish to review your taxation settings or add additional taxes.

How does taxation work in OnRent?

Taxation in OnRent is calculated by using tax rules that apply tax rates based on tax classes.

  • Tax classes - Categories or classifications that you can set against your products and accounts

  • Tax rates - A percentage amount of tax that you’d like to apply in a particular country, state, or zipcode/postcode range

  • Tax rules - A combination of both tax classes and rates that OnRent uses to calculate the appropriate tax charge amount

For example, you might have a tax rule called “Standard Tax” that applies your tax rate “Standard Sales” of 20% when products have the tax class “Standard”.

Get Started

Head to System Setup and add tax rates, rules, and classes under the “Accounting And Charging” heading.

Do you need Help? Start a conversation using the Blue help bubble at the bottom right corner.

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