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Add VAT / sales tax to orders, pre-sells, shipping
Add VAT / sales tax to orders, pre-sells, shipping

Learn how you can add taxes to orders automatically and also manage them for shipping rate and extra offers on the checkout page.

Updated over 6 months ago

You can apply and manage taxes for orders processed via Checkify checkout.

To begin with, visit admin > Taxes section. Set the appropriate trigger in the top right corner of the interface to active state (Enabled) in order to add Tax / VAT charge to orders.

When this feature is enabled, taxes will be taken into account for selected products / items in the cart. You should keep tax collection on products aligned between the store and the checkout.

Setting up Charge Tax in Shopify Admin (Product Settings)

Please note that taxes can also applied to shipping and to Extra Offers (pre-sells).

Once this option is active, you can visit "Shipping rates" and "Extra offers" sections and decide whether tax collection should also be applied to rates and to additional paid options (pre-sells).

Example: No tax is added to shipping rate on the checkout

Example: Tax is added to this offer

Taxes (VAT rates) are calculated automatically based on the data available in this library: https://taxsummaries.pwc.com/quick-charts/value-added-tax-vat-rates

For such countries as the USA, Canada, the tax rates will be taken into account and applied state by state.

If any of the states or any country adjusts the rate in future, please don't forget to update it for your checkout too. Simply enter the updated value and press "Save changes".

Example: Setting Denmark's rate to 21%. The real and the actual one in 2024 is 25%.

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