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Does WooCommerce Add Tax?

Last updated on October 1, 2022 @ 7:10 pm

As an ecommerce business owner, you are responsible for collecting and remitting the proper amount of tax to the government. Depending on the products or services you sell, and the state in which your business is located, you may have to pay sales tax, use tax, value-added tax (VAT), excise tax, or other taxes.

While some ecommerce platforms automatically calculate and add taxes to customers’ orders, others do not. If you use WooCommerce to run your online store, you may be wondering if it automatically adds taxes.

PRO TIP: WooCommerce does not add tax by default. You need to enable the option to add tax in WooCommerce settings.

The short answer is that WooCommerce does not automatically add taxes to customers’ orders. However, it does have the ability to calculate and collect taxes if you configure it to do so.

In order to set up WooCommerce to calculate and collect taxes, you will need to install the WooCommerce Tax plugin. Once installed and activated, you can configure the plugin to suit your needs.

If you are selling products or services in a state that requires sales tax, it is important that you set up WooCommerce to calculate and collect taxes. Failure to do so could result in penalties and interest charges from the state government.

While WooCommerce does not automatically add taxes to customers’ orders, it does have the ability to calculate and collect taxes if you configure it to do so. In order to set up WooCommerce to calculate and collect taxes, you will need to install the WooCommerce Tax plugin.

Dale Leydon

Dale Leydon

Sysadmin turned Javascript developer. Owner of 20+ apps graveyard, and a couple of successful ones.