Taxes ( VAT ) setup after product migration messed up my prices

Shopify Discussion

Topic summary

A user migrated products from OpenCart to Shopify without verifying tax settings first. After enabling VAT collection for the EU, Shopify automatically increased all product prices by 22%, treating them as tax-exclusive.

Primary Solution:

  • Navigate to Shopify Admin → Settings → Taxes and Duties
  • Enable “All prices include tax”
  • This prevents Shopify from adding VAT on top of existing prices and instead displays it separately at checkout

Alternative Fix:

  • Export all products as CSV
  • Manually adjust prices in the spreadsheet
  • Re-import the corrected CSV back into Shopify
  • Keep the original CSV as backup

Root Cause:
The migration service transferred prices without tax configuration, causing Shopify to default to tax-exclusive pricing and add VAT automatically when EU tax collection was enabled.

The issue remains unresolved as the original poster has not confirmed which solution they implemented.

Summarized with AI on October 28. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
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I did not check if taxes ( VAT ) was already setup before I used a online service to migrate my products from opencart to shopify

After entering to collect tax on Shopify for EU shopify did increase all my product price of 22% ( vat )

Any easy way to fix it?

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Thanks for your suggestion, so basically you are saying there isn’t any way to fix this?

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Thanks but I mean by my self

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Hello @al404it

This will ensure that Shopify does not add VAT on top of your product prices.

Go to Shopify Admin → Settings → Taxes and Duties.

  • Check the box that says:
  • All prices include tax
    This will stop Shopify from adding 22% VAT on top of your prices. Instead, the VAT will be included in the existing price, and it will be shown separately at checkout.
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Hi Al ,

The easiest way is to download all your products as SCV , change prices there and then upload them back into Shopify. Make sure you keep the original CSV , just in case. That method also allows freezing prices for separate markets and do many other wonderful things.

yours,

Rostislav

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If VAT was not configured before using a migration service like Cart2Cart to move your products from OpenCart to Shopify, Shopify may treat your prices as tax-exclusive and automatically add VAT on top. To fix this, go to Shopify’s tax settings and enable “All prices include tax” under your market settings — this tells Shopify to treat your listed prices as VAT-inclusive. You may also need to bulk edit your product prices or use a CSV export/import to reset them if the VAT was already added incorrectly.