Taxes

I have a big problem with VAT. I do not understand the key.
I have read many times documentation, also have demo site viewed. My English is not perfect, translation to my language is terrible.
The best explanation, I think, is a clear example.
Now, in the documentation and on demo site is different.
So, my question:
Which categories should I have:
1. all (my country, europe, the rest of the world) or not all
2. all categories customers, or those who have to pay, or those who do not pay

In demo site I see only Europe (without companies or individually), in documentation I see Europe companies without VAT and France individually ... In documentation is a big story about tax rules (I know the rules) in different states, but no clear explanation of how that should be correct set on site, because I do not know what is programmed in hikashop. I can not check how it works abroad.

Please, help me
Vero

Please explain what taxes you should charge and we can tell you what to do.
Each country has lot of different rules regarding taxes, we can't tell you what to do without knowing what you need to do.

Oky,

My country is Netherland. Btw (VAT) - 21% (goodies) for my products for everybody.
In EU for companies with VAT - 0%, for others 21%.
In world, I think, 0%
Vero

So you need three tax rules:

Netherlands - Default tax category - tax rate of 21% - all customer types
Europe - Default tax category - tax rate of 21% - Individual
Europe - Default tax category - tax rate of 21% - Company without VAT

Well, I am in the Netherlands too. So I ticked Netherlands in the list of countries and thought I was done.
Now reading this I get the idea I need to do some more to get taxes right. Only.....Where do I find these taxrules? How do I set them? I can't find it.

Thanks

Sjaak

It's in the menu System>Taxes of HikaShop.

Ah, Thank you, found it.
One remaining question. What does cumulative tax mean? Do I set it to Yes or No?

Sjaak

It's for Canada where they have both a regional and a national tax which add up.
In Europe there is no such thing so simply leave it off.

Thank You Nicolas