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Automate taxes on your Stripe transactions

Stripe Tax lets you calculate and collect sales tax, VAT, and GST with one line of code or the click of a button. Know where to register, automatically collect the right amount of tax, and access the reports you need to file returns.

Why Stripe Tax

Don’t let taxes hold you back

Internet businesses are required to collect taxes in more than 130 countries and in most US states. Staying compliant can be challenging, especially as your business grows. Tax rules and rates change constantly, and they vary based on what and where you sell. If you ignore these complexities, you risk paying penalties and interest on top of uncollected taxes.

We built Stripe Tax to simplify tax compliance, so you can focus on scaling your business.

On average, there is a 30% interest penalty on past-due sales tax in the US.

European registration thresholds vary from €0 in Spain to £85,000 in the UK.

Over 130 countries are taxing digital goods and more countries are planning to impose taxes on digital goods.

Non-EU businesses selling digital goods and services into the EU must collect taxes from their very first sale.

If you don’t collect sales tax from your customers, you’ll have to pay past-due taxes out of your own pocket.

SaaS sales are 100% taxable in New York, 80% in Texas, and non-taxable in California.

In 2021, the United States will introduce around 600 rate changes.

In Europe, businesses selling digital products generally need to collect two pieces of non-conflicting evidence to validate a customer’s location.

SaaS is only taxable in some US states, and sometimes only B2B or B2C SaaS is taxed.

Over 80% of startups on Stripe sell into more than 20 states and countries.

In 2021, over 20 countries will change their VAT rates for certain products.

Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire, and Oregon don’t charge state sales tax.

72% of online businesses see compliance as a barrier to international growth.

US sales tax registration thresholds for remote sellers vary from $100,000 in sales or 200 transactions in most states to $500,000 in CA, NY, and TX.

South Africa is one of the few countries that requires non-resident businesses to charge VAT on B2B SaaS transactions.

How it works

Tax compliance made simple

1

Get started in minutes

Collect taxes around the world by adding a single line of code to your existing integration or clicking a button in the Dashboard.

2

Know where to register

Stripe Tax monitors your transactions, so you know when and where you need to register to collect taxes.

3

Automatically collect taxes

Stripe Tax determines your customer’s precise location and always calculates and collects the right amount of tax. It also validates the EU VAT ID and Australian ABN number when needed.

4

File and remit with ease

Speed up filing and remittance with comprehensive reports for each market in which you’re registered.

Step 1

Get started in minutes

Low-code setup

Start collecting taxes by adding one line of code to your existing Stripe integration.

No-code setup

If you’re using one of Stripe’s no-code products, such as Invoicing and Payment Links, you can collect taxes with the click of a button in the Dashboard.

Step 2

Know where to register

Stripe Tax is optimized for tax calculation in 35+ countries and all US states. Understand where you need to collect taxes and activate tax collection in a new market in seconds. Stripe Tax supports both country and VAT OSS registrations in Europe, and country and provincial registrations in Canada.

See how your Stripe transactions compare to tax filing thresholds, know where to register, and easily start collecting taxes.

Step 3

Automatically collect taxes

Always calculate and collect the correct amount of tax, no matter what or where you sell. Stripe Tax supports tax collection on hundreds of products and services and keeps tax rules and rates up to date.

Tax localization

Reduce checkout friction by calculating taxes based on the available location information, and show taxes in the most familiar way to your customers.

Tax ID validation

Stripe Tax helps you collect the tax identification number from B2B customers. You can automatically validate VAT IDs and ABNs for European and Australian customers, and apply a reverse charge or zero VAT rate when necessary.

Step 4

File and remit with ease

Save time when reconciling thousands of transactions. Stripe Tax reports surface all the information you need for each filing location so you can easily file and remit taxes on your own, with your accountant, or with a preferred partner. Our filing partners help you streamline and automate tax filing and remittance.

US filing partner

  • TaxJar

EU filing partners

  • Taxually
  • Marosa
2021_june_taxes.csv
tax_code
jurisdiction_name
jurisdiction_level
tax_rate
tax_name
filing_tax_amount
filing_taxable_amount
txcd_10103000
Germany
country
0.19
Umsatzsteuer (USt.)
47.88
252
txcd_99999999
California
state
0.06
Sales and Use Tax
74.08
1,234.69
txcd_99999999
San Francisco
county
0.0125
Sales and Use Tax
15.43
1,234.69
txcd_99999999
BART - Bay Area Rapid Transit
district
0.005
Sales and Use Tax
6.17
1,234.69
txcd_99999999
SFPF - San Francisco County Public Finance Authority
district
0.0025
Sales and Use Tax
3.09
1,234.69
txcd_99999999
SFTA - San Francisco County Transportation Authority
district
0.005
Sales and Use Tax
6.17
1,234.69
txcd_99999999
Connecticut
state
0.0635
Sales and Use Tax
10.4
163.9
txcd_10103000
Ireland
country
0.23
Value-added tax (VAT)
119.14
518
txcd_10103000
Australia
country
0.1
Goods and Services Tax (GST)
3.76
37.6

We no longer have to keep up with the tax regulations in every US state and are now expanding faster than ever.

Ryan Earnshaw, Founder, MailSauce

Thanks to Stripe Tax, we avoided six months of engineering work and we never have to think about taxes again.

Hrishi Mittal, Founder & CEO, Learnetto

We switched to Stripe from a merchant of record provider because we wanted complete control over our checkout experience and pricing.

John Ozbay, Founder, Cryptee

Our customers can’t wait to say ‘goodbye’ to manually calculating their taxes. Integrating Stripe Tax into Kajabi Checkout will make their lives a whole lot easier.

Christopher Yu, VP of Product, Kajabi

What's included

Stripe Tax at a glance

Country coverage

Calculate and collect sales tax, VAT, and GST wherever you sell.

  • US
  • Canada
  • Europe (EU, UK, Norway, Switzerland)
  • South Africa
  • Australia
  • Japan
  • Hong Kong
  • New Zealand
  • More coming soon

Tax obligation tracking

Monitor your Stripe transactions against local filing thresholds.

  • Threshold monitoring based on volume and transactions
  • VAT OSS threshold monitoring

Calculation and collection

Automatically collect the correct amount of tax.

  • Precise location detection
  • 150+ product tax codes
  • Tax ID validation
  • Supports (partial) credit notes
  • Localizes tax details
  • Automatically applies prorations and discounts

Filing and reporting

Get reports to file taxes yourself or with one of our partners.

Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing

Resources

Sales tax, VAT, and GST resources

Learn more about global tax compliance and how to use Stripe Tax.

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