Title: Tax calculation problem
Last modified: May 7, 2019

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# Tax calculation problem

 *  Resolved [helpmitch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/helpmitch/)
 * (@helpmitch)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/tax-calculation-problem/)
 * I have a problem with tax calculation: at checkout, when someone selects a country
   outside of the Netherlands (shop base country), the prices are automatically 
   recalculated with VAT deducted.
 * This is not the way it should be, there should first be a VAT number check to
   see if the customer is eligible for vat exemption. I use a plugin for the evidence.
   The problem is the same with or without this plugin activated.
 * The way I have set woocommerce up:
    - one standard tax rate for the netherlands of 21%
    - product prices entered including vat and tax status taxable
    -  prices displayed in shop, basket, checkout including vat
 * Would be great if anyone knows what’s wrong…
    -  This topic was modified 7 years, 1 month ago by [helpmitch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/helpmitch/).
    -  This topic was modified 7 years, 1 month ago by [helpmitch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/helpmitch/).

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 *  Plugin Support [EtienneP a11n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/etiennep/)
 * (@etiennep)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/tax-calculation-problem/#post-11532429)
 * Hi there!
 * Just to confirm, customers that set a country other than the Netherlands, doesn’t
   get charged tax, correct?
 * Reading how you have set up your taxes, that is the expected behavior since you
   only have set up a tax rate for the Netherlands – `one standard tax rate for 
   the netherlands of 21%`
 * If you want to charge tax to customers outside of the Netherlands, you will have
   to set up those tax rates as well.
 * Alternatively, you can set it so that taxes are based on your shop location, 
   the Netherlands, and not the customer’s location – [https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/setting-up-taxes-in-woocommerce/#section-4](https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/setting-up-taxes-in-woocommerce/#section-4)
 *  Thread Starter [helpmitch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/helpmitch/)
 * (@helpmitch)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/tax-calculation-problem/#post-11549963)
 * Ah you’re right, I solved it by removing the county code from the tax rate line.
   Now all prices are shown with the 21% for all countries 🙂
 *  Plugin Support [EtienneP a11n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/etiennep/)
 * (@etiennep)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/tax-calculation-problem/#post-11550913)
 * Hi [@helpmitch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/helpmitch/)
 * Glad I could help!

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