diff --git a/src/pretix/control/forms/event.py b/src/pretix/control/forms/event.py
index 7a63c7bc09..bc46448426 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/forms/event.py
+++ b/src/pretix/control/forms/event.py
@@ -136,6 +136,11 @@ class EventWizardBasicsForm(I18nModelForm):
         choices=settings.LANGUAGES,
         label=_("Default language"),
     )
+    no_taxes = forms.BooleanField(
+        label=_("I don't want to specify taxes now"),
+        help_text=_("You can always configure tax rates later."),
+        required=False,
+    )
     tax_rate = forms.DecimalField(
         label=_("Sales tax rate"),
         help_text=_("Do you need to pay sales tax on your tickets? In this case, please enter the applicable tax rate "
@@ -223,6 +228,11 @@ class EventWizardBasicsForm(I18nModelForm):
             raise ValidationError({
                 'timezone': _('Your default locale must be specified.')
             })
+        if not data.get("no_taxes") and not data.get("tax_rate"):
+            raise ValidationError({
+                'tax_rate': _('You have not specified a tax rate. If you do not want us to compute sales taxes, please '
+                              'check "Do not use taxes" above.')
+            })
 
         # change timezone
         zone = ZoneInfo(data.get('timezone'))
diff --git a/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/events/create_basics.html b/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/events/create_basics.html
index efbeabf76d..faa8c00996 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/events/create_basics.html
+++ b/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/events/create_basics.html
@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@
         {% endif %}
         {% include "pretixcontrol/event/fragment_geodata.html" %}
         {% bootstrap_field form.currency layout="control" %}
-        {% bootstrap_field form.tax_rate addon_after="%" layout="control" %}
+        {% bootstrap_field form.no_taxes layout="control" %}
+        <div data-display-dependency="#{{ form.no_taxes.id_for_label }}" data-inverse>
+            {% bootstrap_field form.tax_rate addon_after="%" layout="control" %}
+        </div>
     </fieldset>
     <fieldset>
         <legend>{% trans "Display settings" %}</legend>
diff --git a/src/tests/control/test_events.py b/src/tests/control/test_events.py
index ada6a90d0f..93bc872720 100644
--- a/src/tests/control/test_events.py
+++ b/src/tests/control/test_events.py
@@ -763,6 +763,7 @@ class EventsTest(SoupTest):
             'basics-location_1': 'Hamburg',
             'basics-currency': 'EUR',
             'basics-tax_rate': '',
+            'basics-no_taxes': 'on',
             'basics-locale': 'en',
             'basics-timezone': 'Europe/Berlin',
             'basics-presale_start': '2016-11-01 10:00:00',
@@ -792,6 +793,7 @@ class EventsTest(SoupTest):
             'basics-location_1': 'Hamburg',
             'basics-currency': 'EUR',
             'basics-tax_rate': '',
+            'basics-no_taxes': 'on',
             'basics-locale': 'en',
             'basics-timezone': 'Europe/Berlin',
             'basics-presale_start_0': '2016-11-01',
@@ -888,6 +890,7 @@ class EventsTest(SoupTest):
             'basics-location_1': 'Hamburg',
             'basics-currency': 'EUR',
             'basics-tax_rate': '',
+            'basics-no_taxes': 'on',
             'basics-locale': 'en',
             'basics-timezone': 'Europe/Berlin',
             'basics-presale_start_0': '2016-11-01',
@@ -1073,6 +1076,7 @@ class EventsTest(SoupTest):
             'basics-location_0': 'Hamburg',
             'basics-currency': 'EUR',
             'basics-tax_rate': '',
+            'basics-no_taxes': 'on',
             'basics-locale': 'en',
             'basics-timezone': 'UTC',
             'basics-presale_start_0': '',
@@ -1121,6 +1125,7 @@ class EventsTest(SoupTest):
             'basics-location_0': 'Hamburg',
             'basics-currency': 'EUR',
             'basics-tax_rate': '',
+            'basics-no_taxes': 'on',
             'basics-locale': 'en',
             'basics-timezone': 'UTC',
             'basics-presale_start_0': '',
@@ -1171,6 +1176,7 @@ class EventsTest(SoupTest):
             'basics-location_0': 'Hamburg',
             'basics-currency': 'EUR',
             'basics-tax_rate': '',
+            'basics-no_taxes': 'on',
             'basics-locale': 'en',
             'basics-timezone': 'Europe/Berlin',
             'basics-presale_start_0': '2016-11-01',
@@ -1200,6 +1206,7 @@ class EventsTest(SoupTest):
             'basics-location_0': 'Hamburg',
             'basics-currency': '$',
             'basics-tax_rate': '',
+            'basics-no_taxes': 'on',
             'basics-locale': 'en',
             'basics-timezone': 'Europe/Berlin',
             'basics-presale_start_0': '2016-11-01',
@@ -1229,6 +1236,7 @@ class EventsTest(SoupTest):
             'basics-location_0': 'Hamburg',
             'basics-currency': 'ASD',
             'basics-tax_rate': '',
+            'basics-no_taxes': 'on',
             'basics-locale': 'en',
             'basics-timezone': 'Europe/Berlin',
             'basics-presale_start_0': '2016-11-01',