Setting up taxes

Approximate setup time: 30+ minutes

Shopify can automatically handle most common sales tax calculations using default sales tax rates, which are updated regularly. If you plan to use the default rates, make sure you confirm they’re current and correct for your particular circumstances. 

Although Shopify automatically calculates most taxes, you can override tax rates to control how much tax you charge for a particular product, and to handle exceptions and exemptions. You can also specify unique tax rates for shipping destinations or to tax-exempt customers. For example, you can specify overrides for:

• State tax exemptions in the United States
• Provincial tax exemptions in Canada
• VAT exemptions in the United Kingdom

Any overrides that you set apply to online sales and to Shopify POS sales.