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description: "Taxes are additional costs or fees imposed by a government for goods or services. Learn about the available features and guides."
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# Taxes

Taxes are additional costs or fees imposed by a government for goods or services. This overview introduces the available features related to taxes.

:::note

Not a developer? Check out the [Taxes user guide](../../user-guide/taxes/index.md).

:::

## Features

### Tax Providers

Developers can integrate third-party tax providers or implement custom tax-provider logic.

Admins can specify the tax provider for a specific region.

Customers can view calculated taxes during their checkout process.

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### Tax Rates and Overrides

Admins can create additional tax rates aside from the default tax rate. They can also specify overrides of tax rates for specific products, product types, or shipping options.

Customers can review order edit requests and authorize additional payments if necessary.

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### Tax-Inclusive Pricing

Admins can enable tax-inclusive pricing for a region or currency. This would automatically calculate the taxes applied on a product for that region or currency.

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## Understand the Architecture

Learn how tax-related entities and concepts are built, their relation to other modules, and more.

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## Related Modules

Discover Taxes' relation to other modules in Medusa.

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