## Specify tax codes and behavior on rate cards

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### Tax codes

Stripe Tax uses product tax codes to associate rate card rates with their applicable tax rates, which might be lower or higher in different cities or countries. Assign each of your products a tax code to automatically apply the rate and other taxability rules.

If a rate card rate doesn’t fit any of the specific codes, use one of the codes with “General” in its name to apply the standard rate of the jurisdiction. See our list of available tax codes.

### Preset tax codes

When you activate Stripe Tax you can set the preset tax code in the Tax settings in the Dashboard. We use the preset if you don’t explicitly specify a tax_code on your rate card. As you process payments, we also use the preset tax code to display the tax thresholds you might be approaching or have exceeded, in the Threshold monitoring section in your tax settings.

The tax settings showing the preset tax codes, and the default shipping tax code.

### Set a tax code on a rate card (recommended)

#### Dashboard

#### API

When you create rate cards in the Dashboard you can set your tax code in the dropdown by searching for any available tax code. If you don’t, Stripe Tax uses the preset tax code defined in your Tax Settings. If a product could fit multiple codes, for example, a SaaS