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title: "Tax Templates and Classification"
space: "SA Practitioner Guide"
url: "https://wiki.cohenix.cloud/sa-guide/vat-finance/tax-templates"
updated: "2026-08-17"
---

# Tax templates and classification

Map item and transaction treatment explicitly: standard-rated, zero-rated, export zero-rated, exempt, capital, imported capital or imported other goods. Do not infer treatment from an account or item name.

Review mixed-use, blocked-input, second-hand goods, imported services, bad debts, change-in-use and manual journal transactions with a VAT practitioner. Unresolved transactions remain review items and do not silently enter VAT201 totals.

Test each template by posting a representative document and reconciling the tax row to the VAT control account.
The System Manager bootstrap rebuilds tax rows on templates bearing the app's generated titles; it is not a safe
merge tool for intentionally customised templates. Preserve a backup and use distinct template names for approved
customer-specific treatments.