Create a VAT category
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Before you create a VAT category, make sure that all required VAT rates (that is, those to be added to the VAT category) have been created in the system.
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# Create a VAT category
Before you create a VAT category, make sure that all required VAT rates (that is, those to be added to the VAT category) have been created in the system.
## Before you proceed
Before you create a VAT category, make sure that all required VAT rates (that is, those
to be added to the VAT category) have been created in the system.
1. Go to the [VAT categories (TX205500)](/visma-net-erp/help/vat/vat-windows/vat-categories-tx205500/) window.
1. In the **VAT category ID** field, enter the unique ID for the VAT category being created.
1. Optional: In the **Description** field, enter a clear and detailed description of the VAT category.
1. Optional: Select the **Active** check box to activate this VAT category in the system, so you can assign this VAT category to a stock item on the **General settings** tab of the [Stock items (IN202500)](/visma-net-erp/help/inventory/inventory-windows/stock-items-in202500/) window and a non-stock item the **General settings** tab of the [Non-stock items (IN202000)](/visma-net-erp/help/supplier-ledger/supplier-ledger-windows/non-stock-items-in202000/) window. If this check box is cleared, the VAT category is not available for selection.
1. In the table, add a row. In the **VAT ID** column, select a tax that you want to assign to the VAT category being created. (The system fills in the other columns of the row automatically once you select the VAT.) Repeat this step for each tax that you want to add.
1. Click .
The VAT category is now created in the system.
Now you can specify this VAT category
for each existing stock item on the **General settings** tab of
the
[Stock items (IN202500)](/visma-net-erp/help/inventory/inventory-windows/stock-items-in202500/) window and for each existing
non-stock item on this tab of the [Non-stock items (IN202000)](/visma-net-erp/help/supplier-ledger/supplier-ledger-windows/non-stock-items-in202000/) window.