diff --git a/app/controllers/spree/admin/reports_controller_decorator.rb b/app/controllers/spree/admin/reports_controller_decorator.rb
index 2f534f044d..e479982609 100644
--- a/app/controllers/spree/admin/reports_controller_decorator.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/spree/admin/reports_controller_decorator.rb
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ Spree::Admin::ReportsController.class_eval do
     prepare_date_params params
     @distributors = Enterprise.is_distributor.managed_by(spree_current_user)
     @report_type = params[:report_type]
-    @report = OpenFoodNetwork::SalesTaxReport.new spree_current_user, params
+    @report = OpenFoodNetwork::SalesTaxReport.new spree_current_user, params, render_content?
     render_report(@report.header, @report.table, params[:csv], "sales_tax.csv")
   end
 
diff --git a/lib/open_food_network/sales_tax_report.rb b/lib/open_food_network/sales_tax_report.rb
index 061fd4b64a..02f0651ecf 100644
--- a/lib/open_food_network/sales_tax_report.rb
+++ b/lib/open_food_network/sales_tax_report.rb
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@ module OpenFoodNetwork
     include Spree::ReportsHelper
     attr_accessor :user, :params
 
-    def initialize(user, params)
+    def initialize(user, params, render_table)
       @user = user
       @params = params
+      @render_table = render_table
     end
 
     def header
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ module OpenFoodNetwork
     end
 
     def table
+      return [] unless @render_table
       case params[:report_type]
       when "tax_rates"
         orders.map do |order|
diff --git a/spec/controllers/spree/admin/reports_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/spree/admin/reports_controller_spec.rb
index 27e0f4bcae..2e0e70d65e 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/spree/admin/reports_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/spree/admin/reports_controller_spec.rb
@@ -303,5 +303,12 @@ describe Spree::Admin::ReportsController, type: :controller do
         expect(assigns(:report).table.empty?).to be false
       end
     end
+
+    describe "sales_tax" do
+      it "shows report search forms" do
+        spree_get :sales_tax
+        expect(assigns(:report).table).to eq []
+      end
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/lib/open_food_network/sales_tax_report_spec.rb b/spec/lib/open_food_network/sales_tax_report_spec.rb
index a6445fa1f9..ac7bc7e47f 100644
--- a/spec/lib/open_food_network/sales_tax_report_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/open_food_network/sales_tax_report_spec.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ require 'open_food_network/sales_tax_report'
 module OpenFoodNetwork
   describe SalesTaxReport do
     let(:user) { create(:user) }
-    let(:report) { SalesTaxReport.new(user, {}) }
+    let(:report) { SalesTaxReport.new(user, {}, true) }
 
     describe "calculating totals for line items" do
       let(:li1) { double(:line_item, quantity: 1, amount: 12) }