Costs, Fees & TaxesAugust 29, 2026 2 min read

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.

There's a difference in behavior between platforms that's worth understanding before you set things up.

Tiendanube

If you set up a custom payment method, the tax percentage you enter for that method replaces the store tax for those orders. It's not cumulative: one or the other applies.

Shopify

The store tax applies to all payment methods and can't be overridden per method. In Shopify you can only set fees per custom payment method, not taxes.

If in Shopify you need a specific method not to carry the store tax, the way to do it is to adjust the general percentage or offset it with an additional cost, not to set it per method.

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