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A Tax<\/strong> in WooCommerce consists of a Tax Class<\/strong> containing one or more Tax Rates<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tax rates are the actual fees applied to products in the shopping cart. You can set them to vary based on the customer location. This setting can be as broad as a country or region, or as specific as a ZIP code<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can apply tax classes to products, shipping, or both. The body of the tax class is presented as a table that consists of separate tax rates, listed as rows.  More on that in a bit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When setting up taxes for your online store, there are 3 options:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Display product prices inclusive of tax<\/strong>
– A product costs $5. You\u2019ve added a VAT tax of 20%. Your visitors will see the price of that product as $6 total, no further details shown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Display product prices exclusive of tax<\/strong>
– The $5 product with a 20% VAT tax added to it will display as a $5 product, and the VAT tax will be listed in brackets alongside the shelf price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Don\u2019t use tax calculations<\/strong>
– Have tax rates and calculations disabled across your store. Now people see just the price you have entered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note: <\/em><\/strong>If you decide to skip on tax calculations initially and enter products with their final price (shelf price + tax), this functionality will just add taxes on top of the products\u2019 price when you enable it later on.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember, it\u2019s best to plan ahead when initially adding products and prices. It can save you a lot of time at a later stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can restore tax calculations anytime by going to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. WooCommerce <\/strong>\u2192 Settings <\/strong>from the main menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Locate the General <\/strong>section of the WooCommerce Settings screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Look for the Enable Taxes<\/strong> option and click on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Remember to Save Changes<\/strong> afterward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tax Options<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When visiting tax settings, the default screen that loads is Tax<\/strong> Options<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tax screen can be accessed from the main menu of WooCommerce <\/strong>\u2192 Settings <\/strong>\u2192 Tax<\/strong> tab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Taxes,<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Tax Options<\/strong> is used to manage how tax calculations are performed, add new tax classes as <\/em>rates, <\/em>and manage how taxes are displayed to your customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First off, it\u2019s important to note you can add extra tax classes. They appear in different places across the Tax Options <\/strong>screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By default, there are two additional tax classes present in WooCommerce:<\/p>\n\n\n\n