When products on a purchase order are subject to tax, place a checkmark in "Taxable?" box in the lower left portion of the Main Purchase Order Screen.  Whenever "Taxable" is checked, all the products on the item list will be taxed.

There may be situations, however, when you do not want to tax everything on the list.  To designate one or more products as non-taxable, type a "\NT" (for non taxable) after the product's name in the item column.  (If a product's name fills the entire column, you may need to slightly abbreviate the name.)  You may also use "\nt" (in lower case).

Adding the "\NT" to a product name can be done automatically by placing your cursor on the desired row in the Item Area and selecting STOCK TOOLS >> DESIGNATE AS NON TAXABLE ITEM from the Menu Bar.  If you need to remove an item's non-taxable designation, select STOCK TOOLS >> REMOVE NON-TAXABLE DESIGNATION.  (You can also remove the non-taxable designation by deleting the "\NT" at the end of the product's name.)

If many of your sales are taxable, and you consistently sell certain products or services that should not be taxed, you may want to incorporate the "\NT" directly into the product's name in the Stock Ordering Database.  The Stock Ordering Database is reached by selecting STOCK TOOLS >> PRODUCT INFORMATION & CATALOG NUMBERS from the Menu Bar.  If "\NT" is a part of the name, then every time you enter the product on a taxable purchase order, it will be left out of tax calculations.