Cost & tax

Set the currency, VAT rate, and tax display used for every cost figure in InfraNest — for anyone who manages billing or reviews infrastructure spend.

Overview

• InfraNest reports what your infrastructure costs across resources, providers, and tags — but it needs to know which currency to convert everything into, what VAT rate to apply, and whether prices shown include tax or not.
• These settings live under Settings → Cost & tax, and they affect every money figure you see: the Spend report, Itemised costs, renewals, and the cost column on each resource.
• Changing any of them updates every figure at once — this is expected. If you switch from net to gross, totals will go up, but they weren't wrong before; they're just answering a different question now.

Set your base currency

1. Go to Settings → Cost & tax.
2. Find the Base currency setting.
3. Choose the currency you want every price converted into and reported in.
4. Select Save changes.

NoteConverted figures use exchange rates, so a total in your base currency won't match a foreign-currency invoice to the cent. This setting changes how costs are displayed, not what a provider actually charges you.

Set your VAT rate

1. Go to Settings → Cost & tax.
2. InfraNest suggests a standard VAT rate based on your organization's country, which is set under Settings → General.
3. Select Use {rate}% (standard rate) to accept the suggestion, or enter your own rate by hand.
4. Select Save changes.

Switch between net and gross

1. Go to Settings → Cost & tax.
2. Choose whether prices should be shown as net (before VAT) or gross (including VAT).
3. Select Save changes.

TipUse net if your organization is VAT-registered and reclaims tax — it matches what's on a supplier invoice. Use gross if you can't reclaim VAT, or if you want figures that match what actually leaves your bank account.

Troubleshooting

• My totals don't match a provider's invoice. This is expected if your base currency differs from the currency the provider bills in — the conversion uses exchange rates, not the exact rate charged at billing time.
• The suggested VAT rate looks wrong. It's based on your organization's country under Settings → General. You can always overwrite it by entering your own rate on the Cost & tax page.