How To Enable a Default Tax Rate on POS

By enabling this feature, a default tax rate can be applied automatically to newly created products on the POS. This also ensures that the same default tax configuration defined in the Merchant Portal is accurately reflected on the POS interface.

Use Case Scenario

BeanHaven Café, a local coffee shop, recently expanded their menu to include new breakfast sandwiches and pastries. As their staff adds new products directly through the POS system, the manager noticed that taxes weren’t always applied consistently—especially during busy hours when employees forgot to manually select a tax rate.

With the Default Tax on POS feature enabled, BeanHaven Café’s manager configured a Standard Sales Tax (7%) as the default within the POS. Now, whenever new items are added—whether it’s a seasonal latte or a breakfast croissant—the correct tax is automatically applied without any extra steps.

This not only ensures consistent tax accuracy across all new products, but also keeps the POS and Merchant Portal perfectly synced. Any updates made to the default tax online instantly reflect in-store, saving staff time and reducing the chance of errors during rush hours.

Ultimately, BeanHaven Café enjoys smoother operations, fewer manual adjustments, and full confidence that every sale includes the right tax—automatically.

How to Enable Default Taxes via POS?

Step 1
Sign into the Applova POS with the credentials of your business.

Step 2
Navigate to "Manage Products-> Taxes" tab

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Step 3
Click on "Add New Tax"

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Step 4
Fill in the tax details and swtich the "Auto-Apply to New Products" toggle to the "ON" state.
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• Name: Enter the tax name.

• Rate: Specify the tax percentage.

• Apply by Specific Order Types: Toggle ON if this tax applies only to selected order types (e.g., Delivery, Dine-In, Takeaway).

• Apply Automatically for New Products (Default Tax): Toggle ON to make this tax the default.

Enabling the “Apply Automatically for New Products (Default Tax)” option will ensure this tax rate is automatically assigned whenever a new product is created on POS.

Step 5
Click "Submit" to save your configuration.

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