Tax-Inclusive Pricing

Display prices with tax already included — the standard in France, Germany, and most of Europe.

By default, Spaire displays prices exclusive of tax. Tax is calculated and shown separately at checkout before the customer confirms their purchase.

Tax-inclusive pricing flips this: the price you set already includes tax. The customer sees one number throughout — on your pricing page, in checkout, and on their receipt. This is the legal standard in France, Germany, and most EU markets, and the expected norm in many other countries.

How it works

When tax-inclusive pricing is set on a product price, Spaire back-calculates the tax component from the displayed price rather than adding it on top.

Example — €20 product in France (20% VAT):

Mode	Displayed price	Tax	Customer pays
Tax-exclusive (default)	€20.00	+€4.00	€24.00
Tax-inclusive	€20.00	included	€20.00

The price the customer sees is the price they pay. No surprises at checkout.

Tax behavior options

Tax behavior is configured at two levels:

• Organization default — applies to all products unless overridden
• Per-price override — overrides the organization default for a specific price

There are three tax behavior options:

Option	Behavior
location (default)	Uses regional conventions: inclusive for EU/most countries, exclusive for US/CA/IN
inclusive	Price includes tax; tax is back-calculated at checkout
exclusive	Tax is added on top of the displayed price

Configure the organization default

Set the default for your entire organization in Settings → Billing → Default tax behavior.

Set per-price tax behavior

Tax behavior can be set per price, not per product. You can have one price that’s tax-inclusive and another that isn’t on the same product.

From the dashboard

1. Go to Products → select your product → Edit
2. On the price you want to update, set the Tax behavior
3. Save

Via the API

Set tax_behavior when creating or updating a product price:

TypeScript

import { Spaire } from '@spaire/sdk'

const spaire = new Spaire({
  accessToken: process.env.SPAIRE_ACCESS_TOKEN,
})

const product = await spaire.products.create({
  name: 'Pro Plan',
  prices: [
    {
      type: 'recurring',
      amount_type: 'fixed',
      price_amount: 2000, // €20.00
      price_currency: 'eur',
      recurring_interval: 'month',
      tax_behavior: 'inclusive',
    },
  ],
})

What customers see

With tax-inclusive pricing enabled, checkout shows the tax amount broken out for transparency, but the total never exceeds the displayed price:

Pro Plan — Monthly       €20.00
  of which VAT (20%)      €3.33
─────────────────────────────
Total                    €20.00

When to use this

• Selling to EU consumers — EU consumer protection law requires that advertised prices include VAT. Tax-inclusive pricing keeps you compliant.
• French market specifically — France mandates TTC (toutes taxes comprises) pricing for B2C sales.
• Consistent pricing across markets — if you want every customer to pay exactly the number on your pricing page regardless of their country’s tax rate.

For B2B sales where your customers are VAT-registered businesses, tax-exclusive pricing is typically preferred — businesses reclaim VAT so they care about the net price.

What’s next

Merchant of Record

How Spaire handles tax collection and remittance on your behalf.

Checkout Localization

Serve checkout in your customer’s language.