checking user name or user email already exists

Like I said in my comment your design is bad !

First you should have Data Access Layer. This should be project in big solutions but in your case you can put it like new directory. In this directory you create SqlManager class here is the code:

public class SqlManager
{

    public static string ConnectionString
    {
        get
        {
            return ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["DevConnString"].ConnectionString;
        }
    }

    public static SqlConnection GetSqlConnection(SqlCommand cmd)
    {
        if (cmd.Connection == null)
        {
            SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(ConnectionString);

            conn.Open();

            cmd.Connection = conn;

            return conn;
        }

        return cmd.Connection; 
    }

    public static int ExecuteNonQuery(SqlCommand cmd)
    {
        SqlConnection conn = GetSqlConnection(cmd);

        try
        {
            return cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
        }
        catch
        {
            throw;
        }
        finally
        {
            conn.Close();
        }
    }

    public static object ExecuteScalar(SqlCommand cmd)
    {

        SqlConnection conn = GetSqlConnection(cmd);

        try
        {
            return cmd.ExecuteScalar();
        }
        catch
        {
            throw;
        }
        finally
        {
            conn.Close();
        }
    }

    public static DataSet GetDataSet(SqlCommand cmd)
    {
        return GetDataSet(cmd, "Table");
    }

    public static DataSet GetDataSet(SqlCommand cmd, string defaultTable)
    {
        SqlConnection conn = GetSqlConnection(cmd);

        try
        {
            DataSet resultDst = new DataSet();

            using (SqlDataAdapter adapter = new SqlDataAdapter(cmd))
            {
                adapter.Fill(resultDst, defaultTable);
            }

            return resultDst;
        }
        catch
        {
            throw;
        }
        finally
        {
            conn.Close();
        }
    }


    public static DataRow GetDataRow(SqlCommand cmd)
    {
        return GetDataRow(cmd, "Table");
    }

    public static DataRow GetDataRow(SqlCommand cmd, string defaultTable)
    {
        SqlConnection conn = GetSqlConnection(cmd);

        try
        {
            DataSet resultDst = new DataSet();

            using (SqlDataAdapter adapter = new SqlDataAdapter(cmd))
            {
                adapter.Fill(resultDst, defaultTable);
            }

            if (resultDst.Tables.Count > 0 && resultDst.Tables[0].Rows.Count > 0)
            {
                return resultDst.Tables[0].Rows[0];
            }
            else
            {
                return null;
            }
        }
        catch
        {
            throw;
        }
        finally
        {
            conn.Close();
        }
    }
}

After that you should have Business Object Layer. In bigger solution is project in your case directory. If you are in the page TaxesEdit.aspx, you should add Tax.cs class in the BO(business object).

Example of methods for the class, for your first button:

public DataSet GetTaxesByUserName(string userName)
{
     SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(@"

        select 1 from Table where Name =@UserName");

      cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@UserName", userName);

      return DA.SqlManager.GetDataSet(cmd);
}

You fetch all the needed data in datasets. After that you make checks like taxesDst.Tables[0].Rows.Count > 0 (or == 0)

For Insert you can have method like this:

    public virtual void Insert(params object[] colValues)
    {
        if (colValues == null || colValues.Length % 2 != 0)
            throw new ArgumentException("Invalid column values passed in. Expects pairs (ColumnName, ColumnValue).");

        SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("INSERT INTO " + TableName + " ( {0} ) VALUES ( {1} )");

        string insertCols = string.Empty;
        string insertParams = string.Empty;

        for (int i = 0; i < colValues.Length; i += 2)
        {
            string separator = ", ";
            if (i == colValues.Length - 2)
                separator = "";

            string param = "@P" + i;

            insertCols += colValues[i] + separator;
            insertParams += param + separator;

            cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue(param, colValues[i + 1]);
        }

        cmd.CommandText = string.Format(cmd.CommandText, insertCols, insertParams);

        DA.SqlManager.ExecuteNonQuery(cmd);
    }

For this you need to have property TableName in the current BO class.

In this case this methods can be used everywhere and you need only one line of code to invoke them and no problems like yours will happen.