As a seller, you might need to charge taxes on your sales, and then report and remit those taxes to your government. Although tax laws and regulations are complex and can change often, you can set up Shopify to automatically handle most common sales tax calculations. You can also set up tax overrides to address unique tax laws and situations.
Shopify uses many default sales tax rates, which are updated regularly. If you use the default rates, then you need to confirm that the rates are current and correct for your particular circumstances. You can override them whenever necessary.
You should always check with a local tax authority or a tax accountant to make sure that you charge your customers the correct sales tax rates, and to make sure you file and remit the taxes correctly.
The tax services or settings that you can use for your Shopify store depend on the location of your business.
Overview of the tax services and settings that you can use with Shopify in different countries and regions.
Countries and regions
Available tax services
The United States
In the United States, you can use Shopify Tax. If you don't use this service, then you can use Manual Tax to set and manage tax rates yourself.
The European Union and the United Kingdom
In these countries and regions, you can use Shopify Tax. If you don't use this service, then you can use Manual Tax to set and manage tax rates yourself.
Canada
In Canada, you can use Shopify Tax. If you don't use this service, then you can use Manual Tax to set and manage tax rates yourself.
Norway, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore
In these countries and regions, you can use Shopify's Basic Tax service.
All countries and regions except Norway, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore
In these countries and regions, you can use Manual Tax to set and manage tax rates yourself.
All countries and regions
In all countries and regions, you can use paid third-party tax apps to manage the way that you collect tax instead of using Shopify's tax settings.