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title: "Setting up tax for your products"
description: "Set up tax in J2Commerce: geozone, tax rate, tax profile, and assigning the profile to products, with a US example."
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# Setting up tax for your products

## Requirement for the tax to take effect:

- Geozone has to be set up for which the tax applies.
- The tax rate has to be set up.
- A tax profile has to be created.
- The tax rate has to be associated with the tax profile.
- The tax profile has to be assigned to the products for which tax has to be levied.

## Instance:

Tax geozone: USA

Tax rate: 10%

Tax profile name: US-TAX

**Steps:**

- Navigate to J2Commerce > Localization > Geozones and create a new geozone.

![Creating a new geozone](https://docs.j2commerce.com/images/docs/v4/assets/tax_geo_zone.webp)

- Type in a name for the geozone, and add the countries for which the tax has to be applied.
- Case A: Apply tax only for a few zones within the USA.

![Filling in details on the newly created geozone](https://docs.j2commerce.com/images/docs/v4/assets/tax_geo_zone1.webp)

2\. Case B: Apply tax for all zones within the USA.

![Adding country](https://docs.j2commerce.com/images/docs/v4/assets/tax_geo_zone2.webp)

Navigate to J2Commerce > Localization > Tax rates > Click new.

![Joomla admin J2Commerce Tax Rates list, empty, with Components, J2Commerce and the Localization > Tax Rates menu entry highlighted](https://docs.j2commerce.com/images/docs/v4/assets/tax_rate.webp)

Fill in the name, tax percentage, geozone, and publish the tax rate.

![J2Commerce Add / Edit Tax Rate form: Name US-TAX, Tax Percent 10, Geo Zone USA, Enabled set to Yes, with callouts explaining each field](https://docs.j2commerce.com/images/docs/v4/assets/tax_rate1.webp)

Navigate to J2Commerce > Localization > Tax profile > New.

![Joomla admin J2Commerce Tax Profiles list, empty, with Components, J2Commerce and the Localization > Tax Profiles menu entry highlighted](https://docs.j2commerce.com/images/docs/v4/assets/tax_profile.webp)

Fill in the profile name, set the status, and map the tax rate on the profile, and choose the associated address.

![Adding details to tax profiles](https://docs.j2commerce.com/images/docs/v4/assets/tax_profile1.webp)

Navigate to J2Commerce > Catalog > Products (Or Content > Articles).

![J2Commerce Products list with Components and J2Commerce highlighted in the sidebar and the Catalog menu open with the Products item highlighted](https://docs.j2commerce.com/images/docs/v4/assets/product_list.webp)

Edit the products for which you wish to collect tax. Navigate to the J2Commerce (J2Store Cart) tab. Choose the tax profile and save.

![Joomla Articles: Edit, J2Store Cart tab, General sub-tab highlighted, with the Tax Profile field set to US-TAX for a variable product](https://docs.j2commerce.com/images/docs/v4/assets/tax_rate2.webp)

Frontend:

![Storefront product page for a Shirt priced $1.00 with a red arrow pointing to the "Incl. 10% tax" note under the price](https://docs.j2commerce.com/images/docs/v4/assets/setting-tax-front.png)

![Cart page with the Estimate shipping and tax form (United States, Georgia, postal code) and Cart totals showing US-TAX (10% Included) highlighted](https://docs.j2commerce.com/images/docs/v4/assets/setting-tax-in-cart-page.png)

Thus tax would be levied on the product as per the configuration.

### Issues:

Please refer the following list of troubleshooting steps:

[click here](https://docs.j2commerce.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=431&catid=35)