Show amounts as tax exclusive in Xero invoice

In certain cases, businesses would like to have invoices in Xero show amounts as tax-exclusive instead of tax-inclusive even though Shopify has the amounts as tax-inclusive and that's what gets sent over to Xero.

Example: An item costs $100 and tax is 10% so it's $10 in taxes. The tax inclusive amount is $110.

By default the Xero invoice will show it as tax inclusive, ie.

1x Item = $110, with the Subtotal being $110 and a line that says includes taxes of $10 and the Total being $110.

However, you would like the invoice to show,

1x Item = $100, with the Subtotal being $100 and have taxes of $10 for the total to be $110.

Invoice showing amounts as tax-inclusive:

Invoice showing amounts as tax-exclusive (what we want here):

The good news is that the data itself is usually correct but it's just a matter of changing the display settings within Xero itself.

To do so, you just need to change the Invoice Settings for the invoice Branding.

Select an invoice as an example in Xero.
In the invoice editor, look for the “Branding” dropdown near the top (usually next to "Due Date" or "Reference")
Note the selected branding theme (e.g. “Standard”, “Custom”, etc.)
To edit it:
- Go to Settings > Invoice settings
- Under Branding themes, click the name of the theme you're using
- Select to show prices as tax exclusive instead of tax inclusive.

Now when you preview the invoice in Xero, it will show the tax-exclusive amounts followed by the tax amount.