Costs, Fees & Taxes
How to add costs, fees, installments and taxes so your margin is real.
What happens to fees if I reconnect Mercado Pago in Shopify?
Mercado Pago fees apply from the date you connect or reconnect. Orders placed before that keep the fees they had calculated before the change.
What happens to past orders if I change my shipping settings?
If you switch from estimated shipping to 'order shipping cost', past orders that had $0 shipping keep showing $0. The change only applies to new orders.
Can you exclude VAT from all calculations?
This feature isn't available yet. If you're a Responsable Inscripto (VAT-registered) or an importer and want to see your numbers without VAT, here's where things stand and the workaround.
How does cost sync across platforms work?
If you have the same store on Shopify and Tiendanube, you can unify product costs in one click. How SKU matching works and what happens when there are differences.
How to calculate the tax percentage you need to enter
The exact method to get your real percentage from your latest revenue, whether you're a Responsable Inscripto or on monotributo, and where to find what was withheld from you.
Taxes in Shopify and Tiendanube: they don't work the same way
In Shopify, the store tax applies to every payment method. In Tiendanube, the percentage of a custom method replaces the store's.
Mercado Libre taxes: SIRTAC, SIRCUPA and end-of-month perceptions
What we pull automatically from Mercado Libre, what we don't, and how to account for the tax perceptions its API doesn't share with us.
Where do I add what I pay for monotributo?
Monotributo goes in as an additional fixed cost, not under fees.
My VAT varies a lot month to month. How do I enter it?
Two valid ways to account for VAT, and when each one makes sense.
What cost to enter for a pack, combo or bundle
Always the unit cost. How to check that a 2-for-1 is being deducted correctly.
How to add costs for many products at once
Bulk edit, the Excel template, and how to find the products that are still missing a cost.
I turned on use store costs and they show as zero
If the cost is empty in your store, it arrives empty. How to fix it.
I bought new stock at a different price. How do I handle the two costs?
Escalafy uses one cost per product. The two ways to handle a supplier price change.
What format to enter costs in
No thousands separators, and a period as the decimal point.
I added a monthly fixed cost but the dashboard shows less. Is it wrong?
No: fixed costs are prorated based on their recurrence or the date range.
How to handle a fixed cost whose amount changes month to month
Don't create a new cost every time: add rates to the same cost.
Additional costs don't need reprocessing
They're the exception: they apply on their own. Everything else does need a reprocess.
Can I add a variable cost that applies only to some sales?
Variable costs are tied to revenue or to the number of orders, not to a subset.
How to add packaging costs
It depends on whether it's the same on every order or not.
Do I need to add to Additional Costs what's already in my product cost?
No: it would be deducted twice.
I sell the same products on Tiendanube and Mercado Libre. Do I enter the cost twice?
If the products share a SKU, there's a button that copies costs from one platform to the other.
My agency charges a percentage of my ad spend. Where do I enter it?
When you connect Meta you can add a fee on ad spend. What's possible and what isn't.
Mercado Libre shipping: Full is automatic, Flex needs setup
What we pull on our own, what you need to enter yourself, and where to see shipping discounts.
Shipping costs: by country, by province, and Flex zones
The three configuration levels available, and why zone 1 isn't always the one you think.
I offer free shipping. Should I set shipping cost to zero?
No. It's the configuration mistake that inflates profit the most, and it goes unnoticed on every order.
I set up custom shipping but some orders still show $0 shipping
It happens when the order uses a shipping method whose cost the platform doesn't send. Two ways to fix it.
Why is gross receipts tax (IIBB) withheld on some sales and not others?
Mercado Pago and Mercado Libre withhold IIBB based on your tax status in the destination province. How it works and where to check how much was withheld.
Payment fees and taxes: how to set them up in Escalafy
What's pulled automatically and what you have to enter by hand in Tiendanube, Shopify and Mercado Libre, plus how to set up your store's taxes based on your tax status.
How to set up shipping costs in Escalafy
When to use the shipping cost from the order, when to set custom costs by province, and how free shipping and Mercado Libre shipments are handled.
How to add your product costs (and handle bundles)
Three ways to add your product costs (manually, in bulk or by CSV), plus how bundle and combo costs are calculated automatically.
Fixed costs, variable costs and additional ad spend
How to add employees, rent and tools as fixed costs, costs that vary per order, and ad spend that isn't integrated into Escalafy.
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