Reconciliation
Why sales revenue is not a TaxPack tax total
Sales reports and tax reports measure different fields, so their grand totals should not be compared as if equivalent.
Inspect the source record
Inspect a source order's product, shipping, discount, fee, and tax fields to identify which amount each report uses.
Build a focused report
Use TaxPack for recorded tax-line grouping and WooCommerce Analytics for sales metrics when those are needed.
Read the result
A TaxPack summary row is tax, not taxable sales or gross revenue; the order/refund CSV contains context but no complete accounting statement.
A concrete example
A CAD 100 sale with CAD 5 recorded tax contributes CAD 5 to a GST tax group, not CAD 105 or CAD 100.
Avoid this mistaken conclusion
Do not infer a tax payable figure from gross sales using a single current percentage. TaxPack does not do that calculation.
Official references
These focused notes were drafted with AI assistance and checked against TaxPack behavior and the linked documentation.
These guides explain reporting workflows. TaxPack does not provide tax advice, calculate tax payable, or file returns.