Absorbing Service Fees or Taxes

By default, service fees are passed to the customer.

You can change this by checking the "Absorb Fees" checkbox next to the price for each show. You can also choose to absorb taxes by checking the "Absorb Taxes" checkbox.

Here is an example with and without absorbing, and with and without charging taxes. Note that service fees are always taxed regardless of whether you choose to collect taxes on the ticket price. There are four cases:

This example is for a show in Vancouver where the tax rate is 5%.

When Charging Taxes AND Passing Taxes to Customer

Without Absorbing Service Fees

Item	Amount
Ticket price	$20
Service fee	$2
Tax on ticket price	$1
Tax on service fee	$0.10
Total customer pays	$23.10
Total paid out to organizer	$21

With Absorbing Service Fees

Item	Amount
Ticket price	$20
Service fee	$2
Tax on ticket price	$1
Tax on service fee	$0.10
Total customer pays	$21
Total paid out to organizer	$19.90

When Charging Taxes AND Absorbing Taxes

Without Absorbing Service Fees

Item	Amount
Ticket price	$20
Service fee	$2
Tax on ticket price	$1
Tax on service fee	$0.10
Total customer pays	$22.10
Total paid out to organizer	$18.90

With Absorbing Service Fees Fees

Item	Amount
Ticket price	$20
Service fee	$2
Tax on ticket price	$1
Tax on service fee	$0.10
Total customer pays	$20
Total paid out to organizer	$16.90

When NOT Charging Taxes

Without Absorbing Service Fees

Item	Amount
Ticket price	$20
Service fee	$2
Tax on ticket price	$0
Tax on service fee	$0.10
Total customer pays	$22.10
Total paid out to organizer	$20

With Absorbing Service Fees

Item	Amount
Ticket price	$20
Service fee	$2
Tax on ticket price	$0
Tax on service fee	$0.10
Total customer pays	$20
Total paid out to organizer	$17.90