Tax Display by Country - Fixed shipping costs

/**
 * Tax Display by Country - Keep shipping prices fixed, no matter the applicable taxes.
 *
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 *
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 */

/**
 * Intercepts a shipping rate added by WooCommerce, to perform the following operations:
 * - Recalculates the shipping cost before tax.
 * - Recalculate the tax.
 * The targe is to ensure that the final cost, inclusive of tax, remains the same no matter
 * what VAT rate applies to it.
 *
 * @param array $rate
 * @param array $args
 * @param WC_Shipping_Method $shipping_method
 * @return array
 */
add_filter('woocommerce_shipping_method_add_rate', function($rate, $args, $shipping_method) {
  $original_taxes = array_sum($rate->get_taxes());
  // No need to perform a recalculation if either taxes or costs are zero (or negative, in
  // which case they are not valid)
  if(($original_taxes <= 0) || ($rate->get_cost() <= 0)) {
    return $rate;
  }
  $recalc_ratio = $rate->get_cost() / ($rate->get_cost() + $original_taxes);
  $rate->set_cost(round($rate->get_cost() * $recalc_ratio, 2));

  $taxes = ($args['calc_tax'] === 'per_item') ? $shipping_method->get_taxes_per_item($rate->get_cost()) : WC_Tax::calc_shipping_tax($rate->get_cost(), WC_Tax::get_shipping_tax_rates());
  $rate->set_taxes($taxes);
  return $rate;
}, 999, 3);