Tax Collected: Total Sales Tax Collected from Orders

The total sales tax collected from customers across all orders.

Formula

Tax Collected = SUM ( Tax Amount )

Formula Components

Metric	Definition
Tax Amount	Sales tax collected at checkout from each order

Metadata
Type	Currency
Data Source	Shopify
Aggregation	Sum

Example

Your store collected $12,840 in sales tax during Q1:

Month	Tax Collected	Orders
January	$3,920	784
February	$4,160	832
March	$4,760	952

How It Works

Tax Collected sums the sales tax collected from customers on all orders in the period. Tax is typically passed through to tax authorities and not retained as revenue. Rates vary by jurisdiction and product category, with some states collecting no sales tax.

When to Use

Scenario	Action
Monitor tax liability	Track total tax owed to authorities
Reconcile tax remittance	Verify collected tax matches filings
Understand regional impact	Break down by state or country
Calculate effective tax rate	Divide by Total Revenue for average rate

Metric	Relationship
Tax %	Tax as percentage of total revenue
Tax Per Order	Average tax collected per order
Total Revenue	Revenue before adjustments
Shipping Revenue	Another pass-through component

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RC Shipping/Order Tax %

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