{"id":33072,"date":"2018-06-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flexibleshipping.com\/woocommerce-shipping-tax\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T16:13:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T14:13:02","slug":"woocommerce-shipping-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/octolize.com\/es\/blog\/woocommerce-shipping-tax\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Configure WooCommerce Shipping & Tax? Learn with Working Examples!"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this article, I will show you how to configure WooCommerce shipping tax. It may seem difficult at the beginning. However, with this guide, you’ll get to know the topic in a moment. In the end, you’ll be able to configure WooCommerce shipping tax exactly the way that fits your business needs.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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There are a few sets of configuration for <\/span>shipping<\/span><\/span> taxes. I want to show you all of them. I’ll teach you not only how to configure <\/span>shipping<\/span><\/span> taxes, but also how it works in a store, too. This way you won’t need to test it yourself.<\/span><\/p>\n

To make it easier to understand, I’ll use the same cart contents to demonstrate how taxes work in the checkout. I’ll guide you with the following examples.<\/span><\/p>\n

WooCommerce shipping tax – example cart contents<\/h2>\n

I have 2 different products I added to the cart. They both cost $9.<\/p>\n

\"Product<\/a><\/p>\n

The shipping method available for this cart set is the Flat rate. I’ve set shipping cost to $10.<\/p>\n

\"Flat<\/a><\/p>\n

You can set the WooCommerce tax for shipping with the\u00a0Tax status<\/strong> option: either Taxable<\/strong> or None<\/strong>. When you set\u00a0Taxable,<\/strong>\u00a0WooCommerce will add tax to the shipping cost.<\/p>\n

In WooCommerce settings, I configured a standard rate – 23% VAT for every product and country. It is the tax that the store will use for shipping. That’s because I marked the Shipping<\/strong> checkbox:<\/p>\n

\"WooCommerce<\/a><\/p>\n

Your tax configuration may be more advanced. It depends on your origin address, where do you send your parcels, what products you sell, etc. But remember, that it will work for <\/span>different <\/span><\/span>tax <\/span><\/span>rate<\/span><\/span> like <\/span>reduced <\/span><\/span>rate<\/span><\/span> or <\/span>zero <\/span><\/span>rate<\/span><\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

If you need any help with general WooCommerce tax configuration, see our WooCommerce Taxes Complete Tutorial<\/a>!<\/div>\n

No tax setting<\/h2>\n

The basic tax configuration is to disable taxes at all. You simply need to unmark one checkbox and that’s all:<\/p>\n

\"WooCommerce<\/a><\/p>\n

This won’t work for every business. What’s more, most of the e-commerce stores have to include VAT tax in the product price. Ask your accountant how it works for your business.<\/p>\n

This is how it will look in the cart when you configure tax like above:<\/p>\n

\"No<\/a><\/p>\n

As you see, the shipping rate is $5.00. There’s no tax added. It will cost $6.15 when we enable taxes in the store in the next step.<\/p>\n

Tax configuration<\/h2>\n

If you need to enable tax calculation in your store, simply mark the checkbox:<\/p>\n

\"WooCommerce<\/a><\/p>\n

You can enter prices in your store, either inclusive or exclusive of tax<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In the first mode, the final price is the same as you configure while editing a product. The second configuration will calculate and add VAT tax to the product’s price. It affects how your cart and checkout display prices, including shipping<\/strong>. Now I’ll show you the final effect of each configuration.<\/p>\n

Prices entered with tax<\/h2>\n

Display prices including tax<\/h3>\n

Let’s try with the first option to demonstrate you how it works.<\/p>\n

\"Prices:<\/a><\/p>\n

I set that:<\/p>\n