{"id":718,"date":"2023-01-16T09:47:02","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T09:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2023\/01\/16\/6895192-hostinger-website-builder-how-to-manage-taxes-in-the-online-store\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T13:01:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T13:01:59","slug":"6895192-hostinger-website-builder-how-to-manage-taxes-in-the-online-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/6895192-hostinger-website-builder-how-to-manage-taxes-in-the-online-store\/","title":{"rendered":"Hostinger Website Builder: How to Manage Taxes in the Online Store"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">When creating an online store with <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/website-builder\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">Hostinger Website Builder<\/a><\/b>, taxes are managed manually by creating multiple tax zones with individual tax rates. <\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_35bd637fa5\">Important Notes<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Here are some things to keep in mind:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Taxes are <b>included<\/b> <b>in product prices<\/b> <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Taxes apply to the <b>total<\/b> price of the cart (products + shipping)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">To calculate the unit tax, the following formula is used: <br>&#8203;<b><code>Unit tax = (tax rate <\/code><\/b><code>&times;<\/code><b><code> unit price) \/ (1 + tax rate)<\/code><\/b>&#8291; &ndash; see the <b><a href=\"#h_512b7ffe2a\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">example<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">All taxes apply to all products regardless of their type; it&rsquo;s not possible to apply a specific tax to a specific product<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Taxes are displayed in the <b><a href=\"\/support\/6539035-website-builder-how-to-manage-checkout-settings-in-the-online-store\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">checkout<\/a><\/b>, <b><a href=\"\/support\/6803165-website-builder-how-to-manage-invoices-in-the-online-store\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">invoices<\/a><\/b>, and <b><a href=\"\/support\/6682496-website-builder-how-to-send-emails-from-the-online-store\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">order confirmation email<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">If your customer&rsquo;s country is outside your tax zone, no tax is applied<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 id=\"h_5939d0bcb6\">Set Up Manual Taxes<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">1. In the <b><a href=\"\/support\/6538340-website-builder-how-to-access-the-online-store-settings\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">store management area<\/a><\/b>, go to <b>Store settings <\/b>&rarr;<b> Taxes<\/b> and click <b>Add region<\/b>:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2023\/01\/cc92d9a4-4f69-43bb-b6ae-246c0c1f9b8b.jpg\" data-media-id=\"3086\" alt=\"Store manager Taxes settings with Add tax rules button highlighted in the main panel\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">2. Name the tax region (e.g., <i>Sweden<\/i>) and assign countries (e.g., <i>Sweden<\/i>).<\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">If your tax region is in the <b>USA<\/b> or <b>Brazil<\/b>, you may create different tax zones per each <b>state<\/b>:<br>&#8203;<\/p>\n<div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2023\/01\/933e6495-42f7-4317-b40b-33122f9c3b5f.jpg\" alt=\"Store settings tax region popup with California checked in the state list\" data-media-id=\"3087\"><\/div>\n<\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">3. Name the tax (e.g., <i>VAT<\/i>), and specify the tax rate (e.g., <i>25%<\/i>).<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">4. Save the changes. <\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">This way, you can add as many tax regions as you need. You may also edit or delete them when necessary.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_512b7ffe2a\">Example<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">The unit tax is calculated using this formula:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\"><b><code>Unit tax = (tax rate <\/code><\/b><code>&times;<b> unit price) \/ (1 + tax rate)<\/b><\/code><\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">If your product costs <b>&euro;2<\/b> and the tax rate is<b> 21%<\/b>, the unit tax is <b>&euro;0.35<\/b>*, because:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\"><b><code>0.35 = (21% <\/code><\/b><code>&times;<b> 2) \/ (1 + 21%)<\/b><\/code><\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">*The tax is rounded to 0.35 because the euro is a<b> two-decimal <\/b>currency <\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">If your customer purchases <b>three<\/b> such products:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Total: <b>&euro;6<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Subtotal: <b>&euro;4.95<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Taxes: <b>&euro;1.05<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"no-margin\">Now you know how to manage taxes in your online store created with Hostinger Website Builder &#127881; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn about tax management in your online store created with Hostinger Website Builder<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[286],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-online-store"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/6895192-hostinger-website-builder-how-to-manage-taxes-in-the-online-store\/","default":1},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/6895192-hostinger-createur-de-sites-internet-comment-gerer-les-taxes-dans-la-boutique-en-ligne\/","default":0},{"locale":"lt-LT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/lt\/support\/6895192-hostinger-svetainiu-kurimo-irankis-kaip-nustatyti-mokescius-el-parduotuveje\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=718"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3093,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718\/revisions\/3093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}