General tax set-up steps

There isn't a formal list of steps to set up your taxes, but you can use the following process as a guide. Click the links in each step for more details.

1. If you're running an online store, thenset up the countries you will be shipping to.
2. If you're using Shopify POS to sell in person, thenset up the tax rates based on your retail locations. The default POS tax rates are based on the geographic location in which your in-person sales take place.
3. Set up the tax rates in the countries and regions to which you will be selling and shipping your products:
   • If you're inthe United States,Canada,the European Union,the United Kingdom, Norway, Switzerland, Australia, or New Zealand, which useregistration-basedtaxes, then enter your tax registrations to collect tax.
   • If you're in a region that useslocation-basedtaxes, then use the default values or specify the rates for countries and their regions. In addition, specify whether you will charge taxes on shipping.
4. If you sell digital products, thenset up the taxesthat apply to these items.
5. 覆盖从税收税率或免税产品where necessary. Any overrides that you set apply to online sales and to Shopify POS sales.
6. Optional:Include taxes in all your product prices. When this option is enabled, no additional charge for taxes is added to a customer's checkout. Instead, a calculation is done to determine what percentage of a product's price is tax.

As you set up taxes, you can access and review your settings on theTaxes and dutiespage in your Shopify admin.