Troubleshoot the extension

If you encounter any issues while using the Stripe Tax Extension for WooCommerce, you can use the information below to test tax calculation or identify and resolve issues.

Test tax calculation

You can test how the Stripe Tax Extension for WooCommerce calculates tax for your products by manually creating an order or through your checkout flow. Testing the extension incurs fees and the Stripe Tax Basic: Pay-as-you-go (PAYG) pricing applies.

Example 1: Manual order creation

To calculate and add tax to a manually created order:

1. On your website’s dashboard, navigate to WooCommerce > Orders.
2. On the Orders page, click Add new order.
3. Add your customer and order information, then click Recalculate.

If you don’t see tax added, you might not have a registration in the customer’s jurisdiction.

Example 2: Checkout page

To test how the extension calculates and adds tax on the checkout page:

1. View your shop as a customer.
2. Add a taxable product to your cart.
3. Enter an address in a jurisdiction where you have an active registration.

The appropriate tax automatically calculates on the checkout page.

Taxes applied to orders

Taxes apply only if your customer is located in a jurisdiction where you have a registration, and your product is taxable in that jurisdiction.

If taxes aren’t applying to orders, make sure the customer is in a jurisdiction where you have an active registration, and that you’ve properly set up and enabled the extension:

• Verify that the Stripe Tax Extension for WooCommerce is configured and connected to your Stripe account.
• Verify that tax is enabled in the Dashboard, as follows:
  • On the General tab, select Enable taxes.
  • On the Tax tab, select Automated taxes.
  • On the Stripe Tax tab, select Enable tax collection.

If taxes still aren’t applying to orders, the product might not be taxable for your customer in that jurisdiction, even if you’re registered. Check the API responses for more details about why the tax rate is zero.

Multiple taxes

When you create an order, you might see multiples of the same tax amount. This isn’t an error. Occasionally multiple taxes exist with the same name and same amount that apply to a single line item.

You can choose to display a single total tax amount to your customers. To do so, navigate to Settings > Tax in your WooCommerce app, and select As a single total for Display tax totals.

Transactions in Stripe reports

If you can’t see transactions in your Stripe reports, make sure your Dashboard isn’t in a sandbox.

After your customer completes their purchase and the extension records the transaction, you can expect a delay of a few minutes before the transaction appears in the Stripe reports in your Dashboard.

You can also find the tax transaction on the Tax Transactions page in your Dashboard.

Limitations

• The Stripe Tax Extension for WooCommerce only works in live mode. You can’t use the extension in a sandbox.
• You can’t use ship-from addresses.