What’s the difference between active and inactive VAT rates?

When creating or editing your VAT rates, you can set them as either Active or Inactive.

Go to Settings -> Invoice and click the Edit link under 'VAT Rates' to open the Tax Rates modal. In the modal, you will see the text "Inactive" next to any inactive VAT rates:

When editing and creating rates, a green tick in the 'Active' box means that a VAT rate is currently Active:

And a greyed out tick means it is Inactive:

The consequence of this...

Active rates will appear in the VAT dropdown list when creating an expense or an invoice, Inactive rates won't:

You can't delete a VAT rate, but making it inactive will remove it from dropdowns when selecting VAT. You can then activate it again anytime, if needed, without having to recreate it.

Updated on: 01/08/2024

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