- Short answer
- Yes for consumers, if you charge GST: show a total price including it (ACCC); prices shown only to businesses may leave it out.
- Consumer prices
- One figure including taxes, duties and unavoidable or pre-selected fees.
- Business-only prices
- May leave out GST only when shown solely to other businesses (ACCC).
- What the setting changes
- How prices are displayed, not how tax is calculated and charged.
- Tax-exempt customers
- With tax-included pricing, they're still charged the full listed product price.
What does the ACCC require for prices consumers see?
The ACCC's price display rules say businesses must display “a total price that includes taxes, duties and all unavoidable or pre-selected extra fees”, shown “as a single figure”. Its own example names GST: an advertised holiday's total price “must include GST and airport taxes”.
So if your store charges GST, the price a consumer sees must already include it. When you have to register is a separate question.
When can you show prices without GST?
If your store charges GST, only for a business audience. What counts is who sees the prices:
If a business is displaying prices only to other businesses, it doesn’t need to include GST in the total price.
If only businesses see your prices, Shopify's default fits: it displays product prices without including sales tax. Either way, Shopify's tax-inclusive settings change how prices are displayed, not how tax is calculated and charged.
How do you show GST-inclusive prices in Shopify?
Select Include sales tax in product price and shipping rate on the Taxes and duties page:
- Settings
- Taxes and duties
Shopify works the tax out of the price you entered, so check your prices before switching: it shows tax as a line item even though no taxes appear to be added, and the included amount appears next to the total at checkout.
Selling abroad too? Dynamic tax display, set per market, adds local tax to storefront prices in the countries on Shopify's list where you collect tax. With Dynamic tax display on, all other countries and regions get prices displayed without taxes included.
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