diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/acqui/orderreceive.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/acqui/orderreceive.tt
index d5a449aad7..1a19ca32ef 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/acqui/orderreceive.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/acqui/orderreceive.tt
@@ -343,6 +343,7 @@
                 <label for="tax_rate">Tax rate: </label>
                 <select name="tax_rate" id="tax_rate">
                 [% tax_rate = order.tax_rate_on_receiving || order.tax_rate_on_ordering %]
+                [% tax_rate = tax_rate + 0 %]
                 [% FOREACH gst IN gst_values %]
                     [% IF gst.option == tax_rate %]
                         <option value="[% gst.option | html %]" selected="selected">[% gst.option * 100 | html %]%</option>