Taxes & Invoicing

What is the difference between tax included vs tax excluded?

Tax-included
Tax Included means that you sell a service/product at the same price for all customers at all times in all countries.
For example, if you sell an item for 100€ in one country, it will be sell for the same price in all countries. And the tax will be calculated after the payment depending on your customer evidence (Business or Consumer, Billing Country, IP address, Credit card country), your tax threshold and the nature of the item sold.
If sales tax/VAT/GST is due Octobat will deduct the tax amount from the 100€ you sold.
Let’s say you sold to a German customer, VAT is 19%. Octobat will calculate: 100€ / 1,19 = 84,03€, this amount is the extratax amount. So, the tax amount represents: 100€ - 84,03 = 15,97€.
Octobat provides ways to ensure you sell your service/product with the tax-included method.
Tax-excluded
The excluded tax amount will be all time the same, 100€ for instance. And the taxes will be calculated before the payments during the checkout and added to the excluded tax price depending on your customer evidence (Business or Consumer, Billing Country, IP address, Credit card country), your tax threshold and the nature of the item sold.
If sales tax/VAT/GST is due, Octobat will calculate it and add it on top of the 100€.
Let’s say you sell to a Italian customer, VAT is 22%. Octobat will calculate: 100€ * 1,22 = 122€, this amount is the price (the all tax inclusive amount) which you will sell your service/product.
To enable you to sell tax-excluded, Octobat offers:
Summary
TaxExtratax amount (subtotal)Tax amountAll inclusive amount (Total)
25% Exclusive100€25€125€ (100€ + 25€)
25% Inclusive100€20€ (already included in the total)100€ (80€ + 20€)