====== Product Lines Overview ======

Before **Product Lines** are set up, **Tax Codes** must be set up. If you have not set up **Tax Codes**, go back and do so before proceeding.

**Product Lines** have two purposes:

  * To assign a **Tax Code** to each **Category**. Doing so eliminates the need to enter a tax rate each time an item is entered. Considering the tens of thousands of items that will eventually be inventoried it is easy to see that this is a great time saver.
  * To group **Categories** for reporting purposes.

Every **Category** has a Product Line and every Product Line has a **Tax Code**. In this way every item is correctly taxed.

Note: Every **Category** must have a Product Line.

When you install Liberty you are provided with one Product Line. The name of this Product Line is **Default**.
You may add as many **Product Lines** as you wish.
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==== Related Topics ====

[[setup:requiredsetupsteps:inventorymodule:productlines:productlinesoverview]]
[[setup:requiredsetupsteps:inventorymodule:productlines:setupproductlines]]
[[setup:requiredsetupsteps:inventorymodule:categories:categoryeditor]]
[[setup:requiredsetupsteps:inventorymodule:productlines:assignroductlines]]
[[setup:requiredsetupsteps:inventorymodule:productlines:whyplassigned]]
[[setup:requiredsetupsteps:inventorymodule:categories:addchangeanddeletecategories]]
[[setup:requiredsetupsteps:inventorymodule:categories:categoriesoverview]]
[[setup:requiredsetupsteps:inventorymodule:categories:category_tax_update]]
[[setup:requiredsetupsteps:inventorymodule:categories:selectingcategoriesduringitement]]
[[setup:requiredsetupsteps:inventorymodule:categories:turnonandoffcat]]
[[setup:requiredsetupsteps:inventorymodule:pricecodes:aboutitemfees]]