Tax configuration in Magento

Tax Configuration in Magento helps to set tax, with different product class.
You can decide here, how you want to show prices of product on Catalog page or Shopping Cart page, with including tax or excluding tax. These all setting we will done from
Step 1: Process to Tax Selection
System>Configuration>Tax

• Tax Classes:Select from Drop-down, Tax class to which, you will apply tax. It is the product tax class that you already created.

For example, In above screen-shot, Taxable Goods is selected.
Step 2: Calculation Setting:

• • Tax Calculation Method Based on:
    • Row Total: Here, tax will calculate for each row separately
    • Total: Tax will calculate to whole total of ordered product
    • Unit Price: Tax will calculate on the basis of unit price of each line
  • Tax calculation based on:

Select from drop-down on what basis you want to calculate tax, that is

• • • Billing Address: It will calculate tax on the basis of your Billing Address location where you want to billing of this product.
    • Shipping Address: Tax will calculate by considering your shipping address location.
    • Shipping Origin: Tax will calculate from your shipping origin.
  • Catalog Prices
    • Including Tax: It will display price at catalog with tax
    • Excluding Tax: It will display price at catalog without tax
  • Shopping Cart Prices:
    • Including Tax: Shopping cart price will display including tax
    • Excluding Tax: Shopping cart price without tax
  • Apply Customer Tax:

Select from Drop-down, whether tax will apply Before discount or After discount

• • Apply Discount on Prices:

Set whether discount applied with Including or Excluding tax.

• • Apply tax on:

Set to apply tax on original price or Custom price if available.
Step 3: Tax Destination Calculation

Default Country: Set default country where the tax applies
Default State: Set default State where the tax applies. This option is not set, it indicated by Asterisk(*)
Default Post Code: Set default Post Code where the tax applies. By default it is not set. It indicated by Asterisk(*)
Step 4: Price Display setting

Display prices in Catalog:

• Including Tax: Display prices with tax
• Excluding Tax: Display prices without tax
• Including and Excluding tax: Prices display with both Including and Excluding tax

Display Shipping Prices:

• Including Tax: Display shipping prices with tax
• Excluding Tax: Display shipping prices without tax
• Including and Excluding tax: Shipping Prices display with both Including and Excluding tax

Step 5: Shopping cart display Setting

Display Price:

• Including Tax: Display shopping cart prices with tax
• Excluding Tax: Display shopping cart prices without tax
• Including and Excluding tax: Shopping cart Prices display with both Including and Excluding tax

Display Subtotal:

• Including Tax: Display subtotal with including tax
• Excluding Tax: Display subtotal without tax
• Including and Excluding tax: Subtotal display with both Including and Excluding tax

Display Shipping Amount:

• Including Tax: Display shipping prices with tax
• Excluding Tax: Display shipping prices without tax
• Including and Excluding tax: Shipping Prices display with both Including and Excluding tax

Include tax in grand total: Set yes to include tax in Grand total, otherwise tax not included in Grant Total.
Display full tax summary:
If set Yes tax summary display on shopping cart.
If set No tax summary will not display on shopping cart
Display Zero tax Subtotal: If set yes it display orders with zero tax. If it is No, does not display orders with zero tax
Step 6: Order, Invoices, Credit Memos Display Setting

Display Price:

• Including Tax: Display prices with tax
• Excluding Tax: Display prices without tax
• Including and Excluding tax: Prices display with both Including and Excluding tax

Display Subtotal:

• Including Tax: Display Subtotal with tax
• Excluding Tax: Display Subtotal without tax
• Including and Excluding tax: Subtotal with both Including and Excluding tax

Display Shipping Amount:

• Including Tax: Display shipping prices with tax
• Excluding Tax: Display shipping prices without tax
• Including and Excluding tax: Shipping Prices display with both Including and Excluding tax

Include tax in grand total: Set yes to include tax in Grand total, otherwise it is not included
Display full tax summary: If set yes tax summary display on shopping cart, otherwise it is not display
Display Zero tax Subtotal: If set yes it display orders with zero tax. If it is No, does not display orders with zero tax.
Step 7: Save Configuration
Step 8: Tax display at Shopping Cart

In above screen-shot tax, tax is displayed with excluding tax with grand total and Including tax with grand total.
Step 9: Tax During Checkout:

Tax will display according to your setting configuration.