---
title: "Taxes"
space: "Books"
url: "https://docs.frappe.io/books/taxes"
updated: "2026-01-30"
---

To calculate the amount of tax on an Item's purchase or sale, a Tax entry has to be selected on the invoice row.

[![Invoice Row](https://github.com/frappe/books_docs/raw/master/docs/entries/images/invoice-row.png)](https://github.com/frappe/books_docs/blob/master/docs/entries/images/invoice-row.png)  


::: tip Auto Set Tax If the Tax has been set on the Item then it will be auto set in the invoice row. :::

Tax entries can be made from the Tax page: `Setup > Taxes`

Tax Fields
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A Tax entry has just two fields

1. Tax Name: a unique name to identify the tax by.
2. Tax Detail: a table where the Tax account along with the Tax rate is set.

::: info Tax Detail Tax Detail is a table as a single tax can have multiple components each with a separate account and rate. :::