Shopify Shipping billing

Shopify Shipping labels and label price adjustments are charged to the credit card that's on file for your Shopify account. All Shopify Shipping charges are billed in USD. If your business is in Canada, Australia, France, or the United Kingdom, then shipping label prices are shown in your local currency when you purchase the label, but the charge on your invoice is in USD.

Shipping label charges

Shipping label invoices are based on threshold billing. This means that as soon as you spend a certain amount on shipping labels within your billing cycle, you are invoiced and charged immediately. While you wait for the payment to be processed, you can continue to purchase labels until you reach 10% of your current threshold. After the invoice is processed, your threshold is reset.

If you don't reach this threshold within your billing cycle, then the shipping label charges are added to your monthly Shopify subscription bill.

For more information on how your specific account is billed for shipping labels, contactShopify Support.

Find your shipping label charges

You can view your shipping label charges in theBillssection of yourBillingpage in your Shopify admin.

Shipping label refunds

Any refunds issued for shipping labels are added as a shipping label credit to your account. Credits are applied to future shipping label purchases.

Price adjustments

A shipping label price adjustment occurs when you purchase a shipping label and the shipping carrier determines that you've provided inaccurate information that results in an incorrect shipping label price. After you ship your order, the correct shipping label price is verified by the shipping carrier. If you paid an incorrect amount to ship the order, then your carrier credits or debits you the difference. Your package might still be delivered when there is an adjustment.

Price adjustments are a standard industry practice and most shipping carriers follow this standard. To avoid price adjustments, verify that you are entering the correct information when you are purchasing a shipping label.

Due to shipping carrier processing times, it's not uncommon for there to be a delay between when you purchase the shipping label and when you receive the charge or credit for a price adjustment.

In this section:

• Reasons for price adjustments
• 在最大限度adjustments
• Avoiding adjustments
• Questions about adjustments

Reasons for price adjustments

If your carrier determines that your shipment needs a price adjustment, then the adjustment appears in theorder's timeline. You'll receive a charge or credit to your Shopify account, which will appear on your next bill.

The following examples are possible reasons for price adjustments:

• The package weight specified on the label doesn't match the actual weight of shipment.
• The package dimensions specified on the label don't match the actual dimensions of shipment.
• A flat rate label is used with a weight-based rate box, or a weight-based rate label is used with a flat rate box.
• The specified mail class is incorrect. For example, the packaging weight is above the maximum threshold for that mail class.
• The shipment isn't fully encased in a cardboard box. For example, the shipment is encased in an irregular material, such as metal, wood, hard plastic, soft plastic, or expanded polystyrene foam.
• The content of your package doesn't fit mail class restrictions.
• The carrier charged a fee for preparing your shipment or non-customs documentation.
• The carrier charged the return to sender fees.

If you have questions about a price adjustment, or think that a price adjustment was wrongfully applied, you can find out who to contact inquestions about adjustments.

在最大限度adjustments

Carriers have maximum package sizes and weights. If a shipment is larger than the maximum size or weight, they can charge you substantial fees.

For example, if you are using UPS and your package weighs more than 150 pounds then you can be charged more than $875.00 USD for being over their weight limit. You can also be charged fees if the package dimensions exceed the carrier's limits. The UPS site has information about theirOver Maximum Limits.

Avoiding adjustments

You can avoid overpaying or underpaying for your shipping labels by making sure that your shipping and product settings are accurate.

有几件事你可以做什么来让你的史pping labels more accurate:

• Weigh the item that you're shipping and enter the weight into itsproduct detailspage.
• Measure and weigh your packaging.
• Make sure that your履行地点and shipping destination zones are correct.
• If your carrier usesdimensional weight, thenconfigure your default package dimensions.
• Review your carrier's mail classes to make sure your shipment is classified properly.

Questions about adjustments

Shipping label price adjustments are determined by your carrier.

Review the following table to learn who to contact with questions about shipping fee adjustments.

Taxes on shipping labels

Each country has different tax rules for shipping labels. Review the tax rules for the country where you ship products from.

If you ship to the EU, then you can register to collect VAT at checkout on certain orders so that customers in the EU don't need to pay taxes upon delivery.

United States

Taxes are charged for shipping labels that are purchased in the following states:

• Arizona
• District of Columbia
• Hawaii
• New Mexico
• West Virginia

Shipping labels are taxed based on the applicable rate at the label's destination. Taxes are not included in the cost of the shipping label at the time of purchase in your Shopify admin. Taxes are added to your invoice together with the shipping label purchase when you're billed. If you believe you qualify for a tax exemption, emailbilling-tax-support@shopify.comto provide your exemption certificate.

Canada

Shipping labels are taxed based on the rate applicable at the label's destination. Taxes aren't included in the cost of the shipping label at the time of purchase in your Shopify admin. Taxes are added to your invoice together with the shipping label purchase when you're billed.

Australia

Australian domestic shipping labels are taxable, but international shipping labels aren't. However, you don't pay tax if you meet all the following conditions:

• You have anAustralian Business Number (ABN).
• You haveregistered for Australian GST.
• You haveadded your ABNto your Shopify account.

United Kingdom

No taxes are charged on Shopify Shipping labels purchased in the United Kingdom.

France

No taxes are charged on Shopify Shipping labels purchased in France.

Collecting VAT at checkout for customers in the European Union

As of July 1, 2021, you can collect VAT at checkout from your customers in the European Union (EU), instead of your customers paying taxes upon delivery of their order.

If you're outside the EU and you want your Shopify store to collect VAT at checkout, then you need anImport One-Stop Shop (IOSS) scheme, also called a Non-Union OSS, and to add your IOSS number to your Shopify admin.

Before you begin

Review the following considerations and requirements for collecting VAT through IOSS:

• Businesses outside the EU that ship to customers in the EU aren't required to collect VAT at checkout.
• Review theIOSS EU tax referenceto understand when you can collect VAT.
• You need to apply for IOSS through an EU country member. After you receive your IOSS number, you need to add it to your tax registration in your Shopify admin.
• Before you can add your IOSS number to your Shopify admin, you need to set up ashipping profilefor the EU.

Add your IOSS number in your Shopify admin

1. From the Shopify admin, go toSettings>Taxes and duties.
2. In theTax regionssection, besideEuropean Union, clickManage.
3. In theShipping to the EUsection, next toVAT on sales to the EU, clickCollect VAT.
4. FromRegistration country, select the country where you registered for IOSS.
5. InIOSS VAT number, type your IOSS number.
6. ClickCollect VAT.