thread Re: How do you add a percentage onto a line item? in Payments Troubleshooting

How do you add a percentage onto a line item?

harcottr — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 17:51:45 GMT

Hi - I’m actually not looking to charge in US currency - I would like to know how to add an item to add a percentage onto the line item. Does that make sense?

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Helen — Sun, 19 Nov 2017 21:00:48 GMT

Understood @harcottr! You have a couple of options.

You could set up a tax (as a percentage) and you can change the name. To change the name of a tax from the Point of Sale app: tap Settings > Taxes > and tap on Name/the current name to edit.

Or, you could create an item with a variable price for this fee. To create an item with a variable price, leave the price at $0.00. You could then calculate the fee outside of Square and when you select the 'fee' item from the app you'll prompted to enter the amount.

Hope these help! If you have any additional questions let me know!

Re: How do you add a percentage onto a line item?

harcottr — Tue, 27 Mar 2018 00:13:59 GMT

@Helen -- This is exactly what I was looking for. As I do most of my work on my laptop, I noticed that I wasn't able to find this option in the web browser version -- is this the case or am I just not finding the right place?

Thanks in advance

Robyn

Re: How do you add a percentage onto a line item?

Helen — Tue, 27 Mar 2018 00:14:09 GMT

Glad we're on the same page now!

You can create a tax from your online Dashboard as well:

Sign into your acccount at Squareup.com/dashboard.
Click Items from the menu on the left-handside.
To set up an item with a variable price click Item library > and then click Create Item.
To set up a tax click Taxes (top right) > and then Create Tax.
Click Save to save your changes!