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title: Create tax types to be used in an invoice
description: Create tax types to categorize taxes applied to invoices.
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product: Accounts Payable Operations
classification: accounts-payable-operations
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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keywords: [APO, Accounts Payable Operations, invoice management, tax, manager]
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# Create tax types to be used in an invoice

Create tax types to categorize taxes applied to invoices.

## Before you begin

Role required: Tax manager

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Finance Common** > **Tax types**.

    \[Omitted image "apo-create-tax-type.png"\] Alt text: Navigate to Finance Common and Tax Types

2.  Select **New** on the tax type page.

3.  On the form, fill in the fields.

<table id="table_uw1_42x_dcc"><thead><tr><th>

Tax type field

</th><th>

Description

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td class="sub-head" colspan="2">

Invoice Case

</td></tr><tr><td>

Code

</td><td>

Unique tax code generated from the ERP source.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Category

</td><td>

Name of the tax category. The available values are:-   Sales tax
-   Use tax
-   Value-added tax
-   Goods and service tax
-   Withholding tax


</td></tr><tr><td>

Name

</td><td>

The tax type used in transactions or financial activities.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Active

</td><td>

State to make the tax type available.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>4.  Select **Save**.


## Result

The tax type details are added.

**Parent Topic:**[Tax calculations](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/source-to-pay-operations/accounts-payable-operations/tax-calculations-in-apo.md)