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# Tax
**Tax** in Supply’d settings allows you to control how tax is applied to your products and orders. By configuring these settings, you can ensure the correct tax is used across sales, helping maintain accurate pricing, compliance, and consistent tax handling throughout the platform.
## Adding a Tax Rate
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#### Go to Settings
Click on your company name in the top right and select **Settings**.
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#### Select Tax
Select **Tax** from the **Settings** menu.
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The **Tax Rates** page will open displaying your current tax settings. This is also where you can manage the tax rates that are applicable to your products.
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#### Click Add+
To add a new **Tax Rate**, click **Add+** in the top right.
The **Add Tax Rate** form will open.
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#### Complete the Form
Complete the **Tax Rate Details** fields as follows:
**Name:**
Enter a name for the tax (eg. "GST", "VAT", "State Tax").
**Percentage**
The numerical percentage of the tax. For example, if your tax rate is 10%, you would enter "10". The system uses this to calculate the tax amount based on the product price.
**Countries**
Select the specific countries where this tax applies, or leave blank to apply it to all countries.
**States**
Enter the states within the selected countries that this tax rate is applicable to.
**Compounding Tax?**
Select whether or not this tax is compounded on top of other taxes.
**Default for New products**
Select whether or not to automatically apply this tax rate to any new products you create in the system.
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#### Click Save
Click to add the tax rate.
The new rate will appear on the **Tax Rates** list.
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