Tax rates for 55 countries, built in.

Start invoicing in a new market and its standard rates are already set up. Tax you collect and tax you pay go to separate accounts on their own, and Indian GST splits into CGST, SGST and IGST without any setup.

Invoice lineGST 18 percent, intra-stateCGST 9 percent plus SGST 9 percentApply
OutputTax payableliability, on sales
InputTax receivableasset, on purchases
ComponentsSplit in twosums to the rate
JurisdictionFollows the hubno second setup
One choice on the line. Two postings underneath.
One ratePick the rate, and both sides of the tax post themselves

Every rate names a liability account for tax you collect and an asset account for tax you paid. Choosing it on the invoice is the whole decision.

The catalogue

Browse the rates for every country.

Pick a country to see its rates. India shows how one rate splits into parts, and the last tab covers the four countries we list without rates, because their taxes vary too much to guess at.

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Tax Rates

Per-jurisdiction VAT, GST and sales-tax catalogue. Each rate routes to a liability account (output, on sales) and an asset account (input, on purchases) when a journal posts.

India ratesMulti-component9 rates configured
CodeNameRateComponentsOutput accountInput account
IN-GST-0GST 0% (Exempt)0.00%-2320 · Tax Payable, Sales Tax / VAT1450 · Input VAT / GST Receivable
IN-GST-5-INTRAGST 5% Intra-state5.00%CGST 2.5% + SGST 2.5%2320 · Tax Payable, Sales Tax / VAT1450 · Input VAT / GST Receivable
IN-GST-5-INTERIGST 5% Inter-state5.00%IGST 5%2320 · Tax Payable, Sales Tax / VAT1450 · Input VAT / GST Receivable
IN-GST-12-INTRAGST 12% Intra-state12.00%CGST 6% + SGST 6%2320 · Tax Payable, Sales Tax / VAT1450 · Input VAT / GST Receivable
IN-GST-12-INTERIGST 12% Inter-state12.00%IGST 12%2320 · Tax Payable, Sales Tax / VAT1450 · Input VAT / GST Receivable
IN-GST-18-INTRAGST 18% Intra-state18.00%CGST 9% + SGST 9%2320 · Tax Payable, Sales Tax / VAT1450 · Input VAT / GST Receivable
IN-GST-18-INTERIGST 18% Inter-state18.00%IGST 18%2320 · Tax Payable, Sales Tax / VAT1450 · Input VAT / GST Receivable
IN-GST-28-INTRAGST 28% Intra-state28.00%CGST 14% + SGST 14%2320 · Tax Payable, Sales Tax / VAT1450 · Input VAT / GST Receivable
IN-GST-28-INTERIGST 28% Inter-state28.00%IGST 28%2320 · Tax Payable, Sales Tax / VAT1450 · Input VAT / GST Receivable

A multi-component jurisdiction splits one rate into named parts, and the parts must sum to the total. Eighteen percent within a state is CGST nine plus SGST nine; the same eighteen across a state line is a single IGST eighteen, and they are separate rates because they post differently.

Indian GST splits into CGST, SGST and IGST on its own.

What a rate holds

What's on a rate.

A rate here is more than a percentage. Each one also knows which accounts the tax goes to and when it applies.

An account for tax you collect

Tax added to your sales goes here. This is what you owe the authority.

An account for tax you pay

Tax on your purchases goes here. This is what you can claim back.

Components

For countries that split a rate, like India's CGST and SGST, the named parts and their percentages. They always add up to the total.

What it applies to

Sales, purchases, or both. A rate that only applies to one side is only offered there.

A default flag

One rate per country is the standard one, used unless you pick another.

Product codes

HSN and SAC codes link products and services to a rate, so an invoice picks the right rate from what is being sold.

Collected and paid

Tax you collect and tax you pay stay separate.

Every rate names both accounts, so tax from each sale and each purchase goes to the right place automatically.

  • Tax on a sale goes to the account for what you owe
  • Tax on a purchase goes to the account for what you can claim back
  • See what you owe and what you can reclaim as two separate balances
  • Apply a different rate to each invoice line when you need to
  • Set one rate per country as the default, used unless you pick another
Tax rateTwo accounts
Collected on a saleCredits payable
Paid on a purchaseDebits receivable
OwedIts own balance
ReclaimableIts own balance
Where it applies
PerInvoice line
Not perInvoice
One standard per jurisdictionused unless a line overrides it
Ready-made rates

Standard rates are ready for 51 countries.

The day you start, the usual rates are already in place, and every one of them is yours to edit.

  • Start with the standard rates instead of researching them
  • Add a country and its standard rates come with it
  • Edit any rate whenever the law changes
  • Link HSN and SAC codes so the right rate follows the product
  • Keep zero-rated and exempt as separate rates, because they are not the same thing
JurisdictionsSeeded
Arrive withTheir standard rates
Add oneIts rates come with it
Edit anyBecause rates change
ResearchNot yours to do
Product codes
HSN and SACMapped to slabs
So the rateFollows the product
Zero-rated is not exemptand they are kept apart
Line by line

Each invoice line carries its own tax treatment.

Standard, zero rated, exempt, reverse charge, export and outside scope are choices on the line itself, so an invoice that mixes local work with an export is still one invoice. Where a line is exempt you record why, and the total is broken out by treatment and rate.

On a line
ChooseThe treatment
Exempt linesRecord the reason
TotalSplit by treatment
Seven treatments in all, including intra-community supply
Which countries appear

A country appears once you set up an office there.

The list follows the places you actually operate in, so it is your list rather than a menu of the world. Each country gets its own tab of rates, and a country appears once even if it was set up twice.

Your countries
Added bySetting up an office
Each oneIts own tab
Set up twiceListed once
No offices set up yet means nothing to fill in
Entering your own

Where we hold no rates, the screen tells you what to enter.

It asks for the standard rate and any reduced or zero bands, a short code for each one, and the two accounts the tax posts to, which are filled in from your standard tax accounts when you save. That is the honest answer for a country whose rules are too varied to guess at.

What it asks for
RatesStandard and bands
Each oneA short code
AccountsFilled in for you
Removing a rate warns you that invoices using it lose it

Coverage

Fifty-five countries.

Standard rates ready to use from day one. Edit any of them, because tax rules change and your rates are yours.

🇦🇷Argentina21%
🇦🇺Australia10%
🇦🇹Austria20%
🇧🇭Bahrain10%
🇧🇩Bangladesh15%
🇧🇪Belgium21%
🇧🇷BrazilNone
🇨🇦Canada5%
🇨🇱Chile19%
🇨🇳ChinaNone
🇨🇴Colombia19%
🇩🇰Denmark25%
🇪🇬Egypt14%
🇫🇮Finland25.5%
🇫🇷France20%
🇩🇪Germany19%
🇬🇭Ghana15%
🇭🇰Hong KongNone
🇮🇳India18%
🇮🇩Indonesia11%
🇮🇪Ireland23%
🇮🇱Israel18%
🇮🇹Italy22%
🇯🇵Japan10%
🇯🇴Jordan16%
🇰🇪Kenya16%
🇰🇼KuwaitNone
🇱🇧Lebanon11%
🇲🇾Malaysia6%
🇲🇽Mexico16%
🇲🇦Morocco20%
🇳🇱Netherlands21%
🇳🇿New Zealand15%
🇳🇬Nigeria7.5%
🇳🇴Norway25%
🇴🇲Oman5%
🇵🇰Pakistan17%
🇵🇭Philippines12%
🇵🇱Poland23%
🇵🇹Portugal23%
🇶🇦Qatar5%
🇸🇦Saudi Arabia15%
🇸🇬Singapore9%
🇿🇦South Africa15%
🇰🇷South Korea10%
🇪🇸Spain21%
🇱🇰Sri Lanka18%
🇸🇪Sweden25%
🇨🇭Switzerland8.1%
🇹🇭Thailand7%
🇹🇷Turkey20%
🇦🇪United Arab Emirates5%
🇬🇧United Kingdom20%
🇺🇸United StatesNone
🇻🇳Vietnam10%

What it does not do.

NearSync applies the right rate and puts it in the right account. It does not file anything with a tax authority; submitting your return is still your accountant's job.

Access

Who can do what.

Anyone raising an invoice picks from the rates already set up. Bigger changes are kept to higher roles: changing the accounts tax goes to affects every invoice after it, and adding a country commits the company to reporting there.

See

See the rates for the countries you invoice in.

Do

Pick a rate on an invoice line.

Manage

Add rates, and link product codes to them.

Admin

Add a country, and choose which accounts tax goes to.

Admin is the highest role and is not limited by these permissions, so keep it to the small group of people who genuinely need it.

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