diff --git a/src/pretix/base/migrations/0006_auto_20160211_1630.py b/src/pretix/base/migrations/0006_auto_20160211_1630.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bc28f63ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pretix/base/migrations/0006_auto_20160211_1630.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Generated by Django 1.9 on 2016-02-11 16:30
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('pretixbase', '0005_auto_20160211_1459'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='orderposition',
+            name='tax_rate',
+            field=models.DecimalField(decimal_places=2, default=0, max_digits=7, verbose_name='Tax rate'),
+            preserve_default=False,
+        ),
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='orderposition',
+            name='tax_value',
+            field=models.DecimalField(decimal_places=2, default=0, max_digits=10, verbose_name='Tax value'),
+            preserve_default=False,
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/src/pretix/base/models/orders.py b/src/pretix/base/models/orders.py
index 1938424d5..11b383d8a 100644
--- a/src/pretix/base/models/orders.py
+++ b/src/pretix/base/models/orders.py
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@ import string
 from datetime import datetime
 from decimal import Decimal
 
-from django.db import models, transaction
+from django.db import models
 from django.utils.timezone import now
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from typing import List, Union
 
+from ..decimal import round_decimal
 from .base import CachedFile, LoggedModel
 from .event import Event
 from .items import Item, ItemVariation, Question, Quota
@@ -361,6 +362,14 @@ class OrderPosition(AbstractPosition):
         related_name='positions',
         on_delete=models.PROTECT
     )
+    tax_rate = models.DecimalField(
+        max_digits=7, decimal_places=2,
+        verbose_name=_('Tax rate')
+    )
+    tax_value = models.DecimalField(
+        max_digits=10, decimal_places=2,
+        verbose_name=_('Tax value')
+    )
 
     class Meta:
         verbose_name = _("Order position")
@@ -381,6 +390,7 @@ class OrderPosition(AbstractPosition):
                 cartpos.voucher.redeemed = True
                 cartpos.voucher.save()
             cartpos.delete()
+            op._calculate_tax()
             ops.append(op)
         OrderPosition.objects.bulk_create(ops)
         return ops
@@ -390,6 +400,18 @@ class OrderPosition(AbstractPosition):
             self.item.id, self.variation.id if self.variation else 0, self.order_id
         )
 
+    def _calculate_tax(self):
+        self.tax_rate = self.item.tax_rate
+        if self.tax_rate:
+            self.tax_value = round_decimal(self.price * (1 - 100 / (100 + self.item.tax_rate)))
+        else:
+            self.tax_value = Decimal('0.00')
+
+    def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        if self.tax_rate is None:
+            self._calculate_tax()
+        return super().save(*args, **kwargs)
+
 
 class CartPosition(AbstractPosition):
     """
@@ -429,3 +451,13 @@ class CartPosition(AbstractPosition):
         return '<CartPosition: item %d, variation %d for cart %s>' % (
             self.item.id, self.variation.id if self.variation else 0, self.cart_id
         )
+
+    @property
+    def tax_rate(self):
+        return self.item.tax_rate
+
+    @property
+    def tax_value(self):
+        if not self.tax_rate:
+            return Decimal('0.00')
+        return round_decimal(self.price * (1 - 100 / (100 + self.item.tax_rate)))
diff --git a/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/order/index.html b/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/order/index.html
index 3fd1033b2..716f09bd9 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/order/index.html
+++ b/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/order/index.html
@@ -123,9 +123,9 @@
                     </div>
                     <div class="col-md-3 col-xs-6 price">
                         <strong>{{ event.currency }} {{ line.total|floatformat:2 }}</strong>
-                        {% if line.item.tax_rate %}
+                        {% if line.tax_rate %}
                             <br/>
-                            <small>{% blocktrans trimmed with rate=line.item.tax_rate %}
+                            <small>{% blocktrans trimmed with rate=line.tax_rate %}
                                 incl. {{ rate }}% taxes
                             {% endblocktrans %}</small>
                         {% endif %}
diff --git a/src/pretix/presale/templates/pretixpresale/event/fragment_cart.html b/src/pretix/presale/templates/pretixpresale/event/fragment_cart.html
index 1b0149f5f..0bcedf690 100644
--- a/src/pretix/presale/templates/pretixpresale/event/fragment_cart.html
+++ b/src/pretix/presale/templates/pretixpresale/event/fragment_cart.html
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@
         </div>
         <div class="col-md-3 col-xs-6 price">
             <strong>{{ event.currency }} {{ line.total|floatformat:2 }}</strong>
-            {% if line.item.tax_rate %}
-                <br /><small>{% blocktrans trimmed with rate=line.item.tax_rate %}
+            {% if line.tax_rate %}
+                <br /><small>{% blocktrans trimmed with rate=line.tax_rate %}
                 incl. {{ rate }}% taxes
             {% endblocktrans %}</small>
             {% endif %}