Tax settings:
3 Different taxes in India:
• CGST (Central Goods & Services Tax)
• SGST (State Goods & Services Tax)
• IGST (Integrated Goods & Services Tax)
Go to Settings - Tax Rate setting.
1. Create a tax with name CGST@10% and Tax Rate %: as 10. (10% is for example only, use the tax rate applicable)
2. Create a tax with name SGST@10% and Tax Rate %: as 10. (10% is for example only, use the tax rate applicable)
3. Create a tax with name IGST@14% and Tax Rate %: as 14. (14% is for example only, use the tax rate applicable)
4. Below Tax rate, it shows “Tax groups (Combination of multiple taxes)”. Create on Add, enter the tax group name as Intra-State-CGST-SGST and select sub-taxes CGST@10% & SGST@10%.
5. Below Tax rate, it shows “Tax groups (Combination of multiple taxes)”. Create on Add, enter the tax group name as Inter-State-IGST and select sub-taxes IGST@14%.

Tax Rates
1. To add new tax, go to Settings - Tax Rates - Add
2. Add a descriptive name (eg: “VAT@5%”) and specify the “Tax Rate%”

Tax Groups
1. Sometime you will need to apply multiple taxes to an invoice or purchase. So you should create tax groups by combining multiple taxes.
2. To add a Tax Group – Click on Add Button, give a meaningful name, select the tax you want to use in this tax group.
3. The tax rate of tax group will be the sum of tax rates of Sub-taxes added.
4. If sub-tax is edited the corresponding tax group’s tax rate will also get updated accordingly.
5. You cannot delete a Tax if it is used in a Tax Group.

Disable Tax
1. Don’t add Tax Rates in settings
2. Go to Settings – Business Settings.
1. Uncheck “Enable inline tax in purchase and sell “
2. Uncheck “Enable Price & Tax info “
3. Select “Default Sale Tax” as None
With this now when user purchase or sell a product you can select the applicable tax.

Displaying HSN Code for items (For some business):
1. HSN code depend on the category of a product.
2. Go to Settings - Categories, click on “Add”.
Add category name and category code. Category code is same as HSN code.
3. To display HSN code in invoice - Go to Settings - Invoice Settings - invoice layouts. Add/Edit invoice layout and click on” Show category code or HSN code”. Save it. Assigning that invoice layout to the user’s business.

Invoice Layout
Invoice Layout helps you to create different invoice formats.
To add a new invoice layout:
1. Go to Settings- Invoice Settings - Invoice Layout - Add
2. Give a unique distinguishable Layout name
3. Add the text to be shown in the top/header of invoice. Generally, it can be user’s shop name, aligned center with Heading 1 format.
4. Add other relevant details.
5. User can show/hide address fields.
6. User can mark a layout as default. The default layout is used when no layout is found for a location.
7. Click on Save.
To use an invoice layout in a location, go to” Business Locations - Edit” and assign the invoice layout.

Invoice Design:
• In invoice layout, you will find options for invoice designs.
• Used for browser based printing only & NOT print server based printing.
• Slim design is used for thermal line printer based printer.

Editing invoice layout HTML/CSS/Javascript
To manually change the code for invoice layout the path is: resources/views/sale_pos/receipts/{design_name}.blade.php
Where design_name = name of the design you want to change like classic/elegant/detailed/slim