- Short answer
- Yes — $5,000 a year per region, published for stores created before May 13, 2026; two other Shopify pages state it with no cohort.
- Per region, and per store
- The transaction-fees page's example: one US store collecting in all three regions is capped at $15,000, $5,000 each
- Which stores it is published for
- The pricing page publishes it only in its section for stores created before May 13, 2026
- What we could not find
- No page we read ties a yearly cap to stores created on or after May 13, 2026
- Where published pricing stops
- Two different pages: above $25,000,000 you contact a CSM; above $100,000,000 the cap becomes custom pricing
Is there a yearly cap on Shopify Tax fees?
Yes — and it applies separately for each region you use Shopify Tax in, and separately for each store. Shopify publishes it as a column headed Maximum fees per year, per region, set at $5,000.
If you have one store in the US and use Shopify Tax to collect sales tax in all 3 regions, then your total tax transaction fees won't exceed $15,000 USD ($5,000 USD for each region).
It only matters once the fee starts: Shopify Tax is free up to $100,000 in sales, then 0.35% in the US (0.25% on Plus). Who files and remits the return is a separate question.
Which stores does the $5,000 cap actually cover?
All three publish $5,000. They differ on one thing — whether they name a store-creation date:
- Shopify Tax pricing. The cap is a column in one table only: stores created before May 13, 2026. The newer table has no yearly-cap column.
- Shopify Tax transaction fees. Same cap, no creation date, regions given as US, EU and UK.
- The Shopify Tax product page. Same again, phrased as a calendar year per region, with no creation date on it.
Across those three pages, read on August 6 and 7, 2026, no page we read ties a yearly cap to stores created on or after May 13, 2026, and two of the three name no cohort at all. Created before that date, budget $5,000 a year per region. Created after, budget on the per-order $0.99 — the ceiling the pricing page publishes for both cohorts.
When does published pricing stop being your price?
Below $25,000,000 in sales, neither gate reaches you. Above it, two different gates sit on two different pages: the pricing page says its published pricing applies only to stores below that line and sends you to your Customer Success Manager for pricing, while the transaction-fees page swaps that cap for custom pricing at $100 million USD or greater per year.
The product page keeps neither split: one gate at $100,000,000 over its whole price list, contact named a Merchant Success Manager. At or above either line, your own Shopify contract governs, not a published page.
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