The tax settings page allows you to set the general tax settings of your shop by setting a default country and state, by setting, if prices are displayed with tax included or not and by setting how tax is applied to orders.
The tax settings section:

The following options are available:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Display Prices with Tax | Set, how to display product prices in the shop. Select “Yes” if the product prices in the shop have taxes included. Select “No” if product prices are shown without taxes included. |
| Apply Tax to Orders By | Select, how taxes are calculated for orders. Select, if taxes are applied according to the buyers shipping address or billing address or if the default tax country and state/province is used. |
| Default Tax Country | The default tax country to use, when displaying or calculating prices at the shop storefront. Please note: This setting is only used during checkout, when “default tax country and state/province“ is used for the “Apply Tax to Orders By” setting. This setting is not used during checkout when taxes are calculated depending on the buyers address. |
| Default Tax State/Province | The default tax state/province to use, when displaying or calculating prices at the shop storefront. Please note: This setting is only used during checkout, when “default tax country and state/province” is used for the “Apply Tax to Orders By” setting. This setting is not used during checkout when taxes are calculated depending on the buyers address. |