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Does Shopify Send Tax Forms?

Last updated on October 1, 2022 @ 6:43 pm

As an ecommerce platform, Shopify is required to collect taxes on behalf of its merchants in certain jurisdictions. When a merchant sells products to customers in a jurisdiction where taxes are applicable, Shopify will automatically calculate and collect the taxes on behalf of the merchant. The merchant will then be responsible for remitting the collected taxes to the relevant tax authority.

In most cases, Shopify will generate and send tax forms to merchants based on the sales data that is reported to us. However, there are some cases where Shopify is not able to generate tax forms.

PRO TIP: Please be aware that Shopify does not send tax forms. You are responsible for filing your own taxes.

For example, if a merchant has sales in multiple jurisdictions but does not have a physical presence in any of those jurisdictions, we would not be able to generate tax forms for those sales. In such cases, it is the responsibility of the merchant to file any required tax returns themselves.

Generally speaking, then, Shopify does send tax forms to merchants in most cases. However, there are some exceptions where it is the responsibility of the merchant to file their own tax returns.

Drew Clemente

Drew Clemente

Devops & Sysadmin engineer. I basically build infrastructure online.