.. _credit-taxes:

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Credit and taxes
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Depending on your local legal tax requirements, you may want to add tax to the add-credit invoices or not. This can be
configured with the **Add tax on add-credit invoices** checkbox from **Configurations**, :ref:`Invoicing
section<configuration-invoicing>`.

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    * - When "Add tax on add-credit invoices" is checked
      - When "Add tax on add-credit invoices" is unchecked
    * - The add-credit invoice contains the amount filled in by the end-user **plus** :ref:`taxes<tax-rules>`. When the
        invoice is paid, the amount without taxes is added to client's credit balance.
      - The add-credit invoice contains the amount filled in by the end-user. **No tax is added to the invoice**.
    * - If client has enough credit, the invoice issued at the end of a post-paid paid service cycle (e.g., OpenStack)
        is settled by subtracting the amount **without taxes** from client's credit. The corresponding tax amount is
        considered paid on the invoice, but tax amount is not subtracted from credit.
      - If client has enough credit, the invoice issued at the end of a post-paid paid service cycle (e.g., OpenStack)
        is settled by subtracting the amount **plus taxes** from client's credit.