Register for sales tax, VAT, and GST

As a business, you’re required to identify the states, provinces, and countries where you have tax obligations. You must then register with the tax authorities in the applicable jurisdictions, and add your registrations to Stripe using the Registrations tab in the Dashboard or Tax Registrations API. You can also use Stripe to register on your behalf.

Registration requirements vary by jurisdiction, and you can trigger it in a few ways, including, but not limited to:

• Building offices
• Employee locations
• Inventory locations
• Products sold
• Buyer locations

When you’ve met the requirements to start collecting tax in a local jurisdiction or foreign country, register with that jurisdiction before you begin collecting. Typically the registration process requires submitting general business and industry information (like your product catalog), and financial information (like total sales). The time it takes to complete a registration varies by jurisdiction. Additionally, some jurisdictions might require you to file returns even if you don’t have any collected tax to remit. Stripe recommends you consult with your tax advisor to determine your businesses tax obligations in regard to registering for indirect or consumption tax. You can also use Stripe to register on your behalf.

Learn more about the locations Stripe Tax supports along with the different tax thresholds that apply and links to the tax authority websites.

Track your registrations in the Dashboard

When you register to collect tax in a jurisdiction, use the Registrations tab of the Dashboard to add the registration to Stripe. That’s necessary for Stripe to calculate and collect the taxes you owe and for you to manage calculations and view reports for each location in which you’re collecting tax.

Add a registration

To start calculating and collecting tax for a location, you must add a registration in Stripe. You need to identify each state, province, and country where you have tax obligations. You need to register with the local tax authority to collect tax for each tax obligation. Registration requirements vary by each location (often referred to as nexus in the US). If you don’t have an existing registration, you can use Stripe to register in the US or Taxually to register outside the US.

To add a registration in the Dashboard:

1. Click +Add registration and select the country and the applicable state or province.
2. Add the date to start tax collection as provided by your local tax authority.
3. Save your changes.

Edit a registration

To maintain your compliance, you might need to edit your registration. Your local tax authority will inform you of any updates to your information or dates.

To edit a registration:

1. Click the overflow menu () next to the applicable registration.
2. Click Edit end date.
3. Save your changes.

End a registration

To stop calculating and collecting tax for a location, you must end the tax obligation’s registration.

To end a registration by setting an end date:

1. Click the overflow menu () next to the applicable registration.
2. Click Edit end date
3. Add the date (provided by your local tax authority) to stop tax collection.
4. Save your changes.

To end a registration immediately:

1. Click the overflow menu () next to the applicable registration.
2. Click End immediately.
3. Confirm your changes.

Pause and reschedule registration start date

You can edit a start date that’s scheduled in the future, but if the start date has already passed, you must end the registration to reschedule the start.

1. Click the overflow menu () and select End immediately.
2. Click +Add registration at the top of the page.
3. Set up the registration again with the new desired start date.

Since the original start date already passed, collection occurs until you end it. This process immediately stops collection, but you might have collected tax on transactions that processed between the start and end of the original registration.

Registration status

You can’t delete a registration. Every registration you add for a location in which you have a tax obligation appears on your Dashboard under one of the following categories:

Registration types

Stripe Tax supports the registration types listed on this page. If you can’t locate the region where you desire to register or to add a registration to Stripe Tax, use a registration type under the Other tab. For a closer look at the following API values, see the Tax Registration object.