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How Are Taxes Calculated on Projects?

Learn how taxes are calculated per item in Goodshuffle Pro and how to ensure your totals are correct.

Alison Panza avatar
Written by Alison Panza
Updated over 2 weeks ago

This feature is available on all Goodshuffle Pro Plans.

What Tax Area Is Used on My Projects?

Goodshuffle Pro determines tax based on where goods are exchanged—usually the event location, which is the default. If you prefer to use your headquarters address, please message our team, and we can adjust your settings.

👉 You can learn more here.

How is Tax Calculated on My Items?

Goodshuffle Pro calculates tax per line item. If you have a tax rate set on an inventory item, we’ll use that. If you add a custom item or an item whose tax rate wasn’t predetermined, you must add the tax.

Note: If you didn't assign a tax, it will calculate 0% tax.

👉 You can turn on line-by-line tax visibility by clicking “Display” → “Show taxes per line item” at the top of your project.

Goodshuffle Pro calculates tax per line item, not at a subtotal level, as most of our users need to charge multiple taxes per item. For example, a drink machine may need to have sales tax, entertainment tax, and food and beverage tax calculating on a project.

The system automatically adds all the line items, various tax types, and you can see the totals for all taxes in the Totals section in the bottom right-hand corner of your project.

Example: Project With Full Taxes

Project: “Test Tax”

  • Bounce House – $1,000 (5% rental tax) → $50

  • Balloons – $100 (6% sales tax) → $6

  • Cotton Candy – $100 (10% food & beverage tax) → $10

Total tax = $66

That’s the way Goodshuffle Pro calculates that total.

Example: Project With Missing Tax

Project: “No Tax”

Project: “No Tax”

  • Bounce House – $1,000 (5% rental tax) → $50

  • Balloons – $100 (6% sales tax) → $6

  • Cotton Candy – $100 (No tax applied) → $0

Total tax = $56

If you missed a tax, don’t worry! You can fix it directly on the project—or add the correct tax type in inventory so it’s ready next time.

👉 Learn more about how to add tax to items on a project here!


If this item does need taxes on your future projects, we strongly suggest you add any needed tax to the item itself from your inventory (or click the item's name on a project to edit it) to ensure it'll apply on your future projects.

👉 Learn more about how to add tax to items from inventory here!


What’s Next?

Now that your taxes are correctly set:


Need Additional Support?

Click the blue chat bubble in the bottom-right corner of your screen to message our support team—we’re happy to help!

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