diff --git a/app/views/admin/products_v3/_variant_row.html.haml b/app/views/admin/products_v3/_variant_row.html.haml
index 77af4ee424..97646ec1ba 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/products_v3/_variant_row.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/admin/products_v3/_variant_row.html.haml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 %td.align-left
   .content= variant.primary_taxon&.name
 %td.align-left
-  .content= variant.tax_category&.name || "None" # TODO: convert to dropdown, else translate hardcoded string.
+  .content= (variant.tax_category_id ? variant.tax_category&.name : t('.none_tax_category')) # TODO: convert to dropdown
 %td.align-left
   -# empty
 %td.align-right
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index 2777dab7ad..e20236b1d9 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -907,6 +907,8 @@ en:
       delete_variant:
         success: Successfully deleted the variant
         error: Unable to delete the variant
+      variant_row:
+        none_tax_category: None
     product_import:
       title: Product Import
       file_not_found: File not found or could not be opened
diff --git a/spec/system/admin/products_v3/products_spec.rb b/spec/system/admin/products_v3/products_spec.rb
index 6581ddc657..7384f1c0bd 100644
--- a/spec/system/admin/products_v3/products_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/system/admin/products_v3/products_spec.rb
@@ -507,6 +507,7 @@ describe 'As an admin, I can manage products', feature: :admin_style_v3 do
         expect(new_variant.price).to eq 10.25
         expect(new_variant.unit_value).to eq 1000
         expect(new_variant.on_hand).to eq 3
+        expect(new_variant.tax_category_id).to be_nil
 
         within row_containing_name("Large box") do
           expect(page).to have_field "Name", with: "Large box"
@@ -514,6 +515,9 @@ describe 'As an admin, I can manage products', feature: :admin_style_v3 do
           expect(page).to have_field "Price", with: "10.25"
           expect(page).to have_content "1kg"
           expect(page).to have_button "On Hand", text: "3"
+          within tax_category_column do
+            expect(page).to have_content "None"
+          end
         end
       end
 
@@ -1019,4 +1023,8 @@ describe 'As an admin, I can manage products', feature: :admin_style_v3 do
   def expect_page_to_have_image(url)
     expect(page).to have_selector("img[src$='#{url}']")
   end
+
+  def tax_category_column
+    @tax_category_column ||= 'td:nth-child(10)'
+  end
 end