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Zoho Checkout lets you stay compliant with South African tax regulations across all your payment pages. Learn to enable, associate, and manage VAT in your organization to ensure your transactions meet SARS (South African Revenue Service) requirements.

Enable Value Added Tax

To enable VAT in your organization:

  • Go to Settings and select VAT.

  • Beside VAT Registration check the option Is your business registered for VAT?

  • Enter the following details:

  • VAT Registration Number Label: Enter the display name for your tax ID.

  • VAT Registration Number: Enter the unique 10 digit number issued by SARS (South African Revenue Service) this serves as your official tax identity.

  • International trade: If you trade outside of South Africa enable this option.

  • VAT Registered On: Choose the date on which VAT was registered**.**

  • Click Save.

You will have enabled VAT in your organization.

VAT Rates

Once you enable VAT in your organization, the default tax rates will be pre-populated based on the tax slabs prescribed by the South African Government.

Note: VAT Rates cannot be edited or deleted.

Tax rules in Zoho Checkout are a specified set of criteria that determine which VAT rates should be applied to transactions based on the tax regulations set by the SARS (South African Revenue Service). These rules are pre-populated and cannot be edited or deleted.

You can configure VAT for goods and services while creating or editing a payment page. Here’s how:

  • Go to Payment Pages.

  • Create a new payment page or click Edit next to an existing one.

  • Enter HSN/SAC code under Product Details.

  • Navigate to Tax Information under Configure Page.

  • Choose your Tax Rule preference.

  • Click Save & Publish.

Now, the taxes configured will be applied to the payment page you’ve created.

Mark a Tax Rule as Default

For the payment pages where tax rules are not specified the default tax rule will be applied. To mark a tax rule as default:

  • Go to Settings and select VAT.
  • Navigate to Tax Rules.
  • Hover over a rule and select Mark as Default.

Note: The Default VAT rule you select here, will apply to payment pages that do not have any VAT rule associated with them.

You will have set a default VAT rule for your payment pages.

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