---
title: "Taxes-included wording · Specoria"
description: "Taxes-included wording: The agent confirms the checkout total; if taxes or fees are added at the last step it stops the order."
source_url: "https://specoria.com/method/checks/price-transparency/"
lang: "en"
---

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# Taxes-included wording

Why it matters The agent confirms the checkout total; if taxes or fees are added at the last step it stops the order.

**Category**
Consistency

**Weight**
2 of 100 points

**Critical blocker**
No. If it fails, it only costs its own weight.

**Applies to**
Online stores

**Effort**
30 minutes · content

**Score model**
v2.4

## How we measure it

For Türkiye, EU countries, the UK, Switzerland, Australia and New Zealand we look for a “VAT included” style phrase in the product page and homepage text. Present passes, absent fails; other markets are not applicable.

### What the result page says

These are the sentences in the test result; “…” is replaced by what we found on your site.

- Passed The page states that prices include taxes.
- Failed No wording was found saying prices include taxes (e.g. “incl. VAT”).

## How to fix it

**Target:** The price states that taxes are included, and shipping cost is visible before the cart.

### How to verify it yourself

The product page should say “incl. VAT” or similar next to the price.

### Fix it with an AI coding agent

Paste this into Claude Code, Cursor or another coding agent working on your store’s code. Review the change before you deploy it.

`You are working on my online store. Specoria’s agent readiness test checks the item below. Fix it so AI shopping agents can read the store and act on it.

## 1. Taxes-included wording (price_transparency)
Target: The price states that taxes are included, and shipping cost is visible before the cart.
Reference: https://specoria.com/method/checks/price-transparency/

## Rules
- First look through the codebase and tell me which files or templates you will change, before editing anything.
- Change only what these checks need, and keep the visible page and the structured data saying the same thing.
- Never invent prices, stock, shipping or return terms, reviews or product identifiers (GTIN): take them from the store’s real data or ask me.
- Don’t block or slow down real visitors and don’t add tracking.
- After deploying, run the free test again at https://specoria.com/ to verify the fix.`

## Where it sits in the 196-criteria framework

The result of this check counts as evidence for these items of the readiness framework:

- `5.9` Price transparency holds end to end

[The framework and its source →](https://specoria.com/method/#criteria)

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[Run the free test](https://specoria.com/method/checks/price-transparency/#test) [See the sample report →](https://specoria.com/reports/sample-report/)

## Related

- [Price consistency](https://specoria.com/method/checks/price-match/)
- [Stock consistency](https://specoria.com/method/checks/stock-match/)
- [Scan API, MCP server and GitHub Action](https://specoria.com/developers/) Run the free test from your own scripts or CI
- [Agent Readiness Index 2027](https://specoria.com/index/) How the benchmarked stores scored, with open data

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