Business Settings & Team

Use taxes and tax profiles in Hectile

Create a tax profile once — a name, one or more rate components and whether amounts are tax-exclusive or tax-inclusive — then apply it to lines. Hectile calculates and prints the breakdown; you decide which treatment applies to your business.

Tax profiles

Tax profiles belong to the Organization, because the tax identity is the legal business. Organization Admins create them; every Brand’s documents can use them.

NameWhat your team will pick, e.g. “GST 18%” or “VAT 5%”.
ComponentsOne or more named rates. A single 5% component, or two components such as CGST 9% + SGST 9%.
TreatmentExclusive — tax is added on top of the line amount. Inclusive — the line amount already contains the tax.
Where it appliesSet per line when you write a Draft. Saved items can carry a usual profile as a default.

Tax-exclusive example

The line amount is the net; tax is added to reach the total.

Invoice · tax-exclusiveIllustrative rate 18%
One line · rate shown for arithmetic only
Website redesign (net)10,000.00
Tax 18% on 10,000.001,800.00
Subtotal (net)10,000.00
Tax1,800.00
Total11,800.00
10,000.00 × 18% = 1,800.00 · 10,000.00 + 1,800.00 = 11,800.00

Tax-inclusive example

The line amount already contains the tax; Hectile shows the net and tax portions inside it.

Invoice · tax-inclusiveIllustrative rate 18%
Same rate, same total — different presentation
Website redesign (gross, incl. tax)11,800.00
of which tax 18%1,800.00
of which net10,000.00
Total11,800.00
11,800.00 ÷ 1.18 = 10,000.00 net · 11,800.00 − 10,000.00 = 1,800.00 tax

Multiple tax components

Some regimes split one tax into named parts. A profile with two components prints each part separately while the total stays the same as a single combined rate.

Invoice · two components, tax-exclusiveIllustrative CGST 9% + SGST 9%
Net 10,000.00
CGST 9% on 10,000.00900.00
SGST 9% on 10,000.00900.00
Subtotal (net)10,000.00
Total tax1,800.00
Total11,800.00
900.00 + 900.00 = 1,800.00 — identical to a single 18% component

You choose the treatment

Hectile calculates what you configure and prints it clearly. It does not determine which tax applies to a sale, whether you must register, which rate is correct, or where the place of supply is — and it does not file returns. If you are unsure, confirm the treatment with your tax adviser before finalizing documents.

Changing a profile

Editing a tax profile affects lines you add afterwards. Issued documents keep the tax exactly as calculated at finalization.

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