Change the correct VAT setting and check whether the customer’s final price should remain unchanged or be recalculated.
VAT settings are available in Go, Plus and Pro. This guide is for the person responsible for shop prices and VAT. First establish the correct rate for the product, market and sale. Do not apply a general default-rate change to products requiring another rate or tax treatment.
Swedish VAT on food was reduced from 12% to 6% on 1 April 2026, through 31 December 2027. Restaurant services are not covered by the same reduction. Classify products correctly rather than changing every 12% product without checking.
Check how prices are entered
When prices are entered including VAT , changing the VAT rate alone normally does not change that entered customer price. When prices are entered excluding VAT , a changed rate affects the VAT-inclusive price. Also check country-specific VAT and the active price list. Read how VAT works in the shop before changing the basis.
To keep the same VAT-exclusive price when reducing the rate from 12% to 6%, an earlier customer price of SEK 112 becomes SEK 106. That is not the same as reducing the price by 6%. For a VAT-inclusive price, the calculation in this example is old price ÷ 112 × 106 . Check rounding and the intended price level.
Change the default rate or one product
Retain a copy of affected prices and rates and note which products use Default VAT.
For the default rate, open Settings → VAT, change the default and save. Only products using Default VAT follow this change.
For a product-specific rate, open Catalogue → Products → the product → Pricing → VAT percentage, select the correct rate and save.
Also check products whose own rate happens to equal the old default numerically; they do not automatically follow a default-rate change.
Import changes to several product-specific rates
Export product numbers and VAT percentages for the intended selection, retaining the original file for restoration.
Check that every product has a unique product number. Filter the products actually affected and change them to the correct rate.
Use product import with only the columns you intend to update, starting with a limited selection.
Check the import result and then storefront prices and VAT for the correct country and customer type. Use product export when obtaining a fresh basis.
Check before considering the change complete
Check a product using Default VAT, one with its own rate and products that must remain unchanged. Reconcile regular price, sale price, any price list and the VAT amount. Do not alter historical orders or accounting records by attempting to recreate earlier purchases using today’s product VAT. An integration also needs the appropriate corresponding tax configuration.
Quick start
Establish the correct rate and intended price level.
Retain previous prices and distinguish default from own rates.
Change the setting or import a checked selection.
Verify the customer price and VAT for the correct market.
Basic VAT settings are available in Go, Plus and Pro. Import facilities and external accounting connectors depend on shop access and agreements.