Managing VAT rates

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This help will guide you through the setup and usage of our point of sale cash register software.

Configure VAT rates

To perform this operation, you must have administrator rights.

Go to the page Configuration > VAT

Add a new VAT rate

Click the button Add located at the top of the table.

Fill in the fields provided in the window that appears.

Modify an existing VAT rate

Double-click the field you want to edit.

Press Enter to confirm the change. Each change is saved automatically.

📋 Meaning of the different fields

  • 🏷️ Name : Rate name as displayed on tickets and keypad.
  • 📈 Amount : Percentage rate applied to the sale (e.g. 5.5, 10, 20).

📊 VAT margin schemes

Businesses purchasing second-hand goods from non-taxable persons may apply VAT on the profit margin.

VAT is calculated only on the margin between the purchase price and the sale price. Loss-making transactions are not subject to VAT.

To enable this feature:

  1. Enable purchase price management (Configuration > Orders page).
  2. Add a rate type VAT margin schemes in the VAT page.
  3. Assign this rate to the relevant items or departments.
Mandatory mention on tickets: “Article 297 A of the CGI and Community Directive 2006/112/EC”, “Special regime”, and the type of property concerned.

🌍 Exonération TVA intracommunautaire

This option allows you to invoice deliveries to professional customers in another country of the European Union excluding tax.

  • The customer's country must be different from your establishment's country.
  • The customer must have a VAT number or a Trade Register number.
In accordance with Article 262 ter of the CGI, this exemption applies to deliveries of goods in another Member State for a taxable customer.
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