This article details how to configure tax settings for shops operating outside of New Zealand. If you are based in New Zealand, please see this article for instructions on configuring tax settings for your shop. 

To set up your own tax settings: 

1. In the Manage area of your shop, go to Settings then Ecommerce and Financial Details. 
2. Select Edit Tax Details
   
3. If sales tax is not applicable for your shop, click Sales tax will not applied to purchases in my shop and then Finish
   
4. If sales tax is applicable for your shop, click Sales tax will be applied to purchases in my shop
   From here, you can change the following settings: 
   Tax Name: You can choose your own abbreviated tax name to be displayed next to totals (eg. "GST", "VAT", "Tax", etc).
   Local Sales Tax Rate: You can set the sales tax rate for purchases that are delivered to the same country as the location of your site. 
   Export Sales Tax Rate: You can set the sales tax rate for purchases that are being delivered to a different country than the location of your site.
   Excluding or including tax from products: You can choose whether to include the sales tax in the price of your products or whether to add the sales tax in the checkout. 
   Sales Tax Number: You can choose to enter a sales tax number to appear on customer invoices (optional).
    
5. Select Finish
   
6. Publish changes for your new tax settings to take effect.