Import Tax Rates into Xero fast and easy, using Business Importer.

How to import Tax Rates into Xero with Business Importer in 5 simple steps

To import Tax Rates into Xero, please, follow 5 simple steps:

1. Sign in to Business Importer and connect it to Xero.

To connect Business Importer and Xero go to:

Accounts – Add company – Xero

2. Go to Import tab. Upload your Excel file or paste the DropBox or Google.Drive link. Click on the Next button.

3. Choose the list in your Excel, which contains Tax Rates you want to import into Xero. Click on the Next button.

4. Select Company (you want to import to) and Entity (Tax Rate), and create mapping – connect Xero labels* to Your Labels**. Press the Next button.

*Xero labels – Xero fields at Tax Rates that are required to be filled in.

**Your labels – your spreadsheet columns containing all information on Tax Rates you want to import into Xero.

5. Review* if the information is entered correctly and click on the Next button.

*Correct data if necessary – on this stage you can manually change data in the columns you are going to import into Xero.

Your import is in process. Don’t wait until it’s done – you will be notified by e-mail.

Check out your Tax Rates import into Xero result in your e-mail or in the Imports History tab.

Or check out the Tax Rates Import results at your Xero account.

How-to Guide – How to import Tax Rates into Xero

Find a detailed How-to guide in Business Importer. It will help you prepare your spreadsheets that contain Tax Rates, Items,  Contacts, Manual Journals,  Bank Transfers, Invoices, Purchase Orders, Bank Transactions, Categories, Bills,  etc. you want to import into Xero.

Xero Field	Business Importer Name	Description	Example
Name	Name	Name of Tax Rate.	Oakdale Sales Tax
Component: Name	Component: Name	Name of Tax Component	State Tax
Component: Rate	Component: Rate	Tax Rate (up to 4dp)	7.5
Report Tax Type	Report tax type	Check out Report Tax Types for your country – AU, NZ and UK.	INPUT
Status	Status	Valid values: ACTIVE, DELETED, ARCHIVED.	ACTIVE
IsCompound	Component: Is compound	Describe if Tax rate is compounded. Valid values: true or false.	true
Tax Type	Tax Type	Valid values: INPUT, NONE, OUTPUT, GSTONIMPORTS (Global).	INPUT

Check out the Tax Rates import results

There are 6 types of import results.

Errors in the Tax Rates import into Xero

The most common errors and the ways to solve them.
There are 3 the most common errors made by our clients when they import Tax Rates to Xero. To prevent this happening, we have reviewed all of them and given solutions below.

Problem	Error occurs	Solution	Correct example
No name given for the Tax Rate	Required field Name is NULL	Please, provide a name of the Tax Rate.	Sales Tax (local)
Invalid component.	A single tax component cannot be compound.	Your tax rate is single.	Component: is Compound = false
Invalid status	Value ‘ARCHIVE’ for ‘Status’ invalid. Valid values: ARCHIVED, DELETED, ACTIVE.	Please, provide with a valid status.	ARCHIVED

 

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