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Registering for sales tax, VAT, and GST

Learn more about your tax obligations and get information on how to register.

Log in or sign up for Stripe to activate Stripe Tax.

As a business, you have an obligation to identify the states or provinces and countries where you have tax obligations and need to register to collect tax (referred to as nexus in the US).

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, you should 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.

Where and when to collect tax

As your business sells into new markets or sets up new offices, you should monitor how this impacts your obligations. If you’re selling into a new country, you may have tax obligations there even if you don’t have a physical presence. You should also monitor regulatory changes to these requirements. Examples of significant regulatory changes would be the Wayfair decision in the US which laid the foundation for businesses to register, collect, and remit tax across all the markets they sell into, no longer limiting tax obligations to markets where they have a physical presence, known as “economic nexus” in the US. In the European Union, an important upcoming regulatory change is the VAT E-commerce package that came into effect July 1, 2021, which implements new rules for selling physical goods online.

For example, as of April 2019, a business with no physical presence selling into Connecticut, should register to collect tax after surpassing 200 transactions and 100,000 USD in sales to customers in Connecticut in the current or previous full year. If they don’t have any other nexus triggers in Connecticut, they wouldn’t need to register until that point.

Another example is the introduction of new registration requirements for non-resident businesses supplying digital products or services to consumers in Canada. As of July 2021, these businesses must register for GST or HST and collect and remit the tax on their taxable supplies to Canadian consumers.

List of state and country registration sites

Stripe Tax supports 35+ markets. See the table below for supported locations. Missing a country? Let us know by emailing us at stripe-tax-support@stripe.com.

You can leverage the following websites to seek more information directly from individual jurisdictions, or to start registering.

StateTax resourcesRegistration
AlabamaGeneral informationSite to register
AlaskaAlaska doesn’t impose a state sales tax, but does impose local taxes.Site to register
ArizonaGeneral informationSite to register
ArkansasGeneral informationSite to register
CaliforniaGeneral informationSite to register
ColoradoGeneral informationSite to register
ConnecticutGeneral informationSite to register
DelawareDelaware doesn’t impose state or local sales tax.Delaware doesn’t impose state or local sales tax.
District of ColumbiaGeneral informationSite to register
FloridaGeneral informationSite to register
GeorgiaGeneral informationSite to register
HawaiiGeneral informationSite to register
IdahoGeneral informationSite to register
IllinoisGeneral informationSite to register
IndianaGeneral informationSite to register
IowaGeneral informationSite to register
KansasGeneral informationSite to register
KentuckyGeneral informationSite to register
LouisianaGeneral informationSite to register
MaineGeneral informationSite to register
MarylandGeneral informationSite to register
MassachusettsGeneral informationSite to register
MichiganGeneral informationSite to register
MinnesotaGeneral informationSite to register
MississippiGeneral informationSite to register
MissouriGeneral informationSite to register
MontanaMontana doesn’t impose a general state or local sales taxMontana doesn’t impose a general state or local sales tax
NebraskaGeneral informationSite to register
NevadaGeneral informationSite to register
New HampshireNew Hampshire doesn’t impose state or local sales tax.New Hampshire doesn’t impose state or local sales tax.
New JerseyGeneral informationSite to register
New MexicoGeneral informationSite to register
New YorkGeneral informationSite to register
North CarolinaGeneral informationSite to register
North DakotaGeneral informationSite to register
OhioGeneral informationSite to register
OklahomaGeneral informationSite to register
OregonOregon doesn’t impose state or local sales tax.Oregon doesn’t impose state or local sales tax.
PennsylvaniaGeneral informationSite to register
Rhode IslandGeneral informationSite to register
South CarolinaGeneral informationSite to register
South DakotaGeneral informationSite to register
TennesseeGeneral informationSite to register
TexasGeneral informationSite to register
UtahGeneral informationSite to register
VermontGeneral informationSite to register
VirginiaGeneral informationSite to register
WashingtonGeneral informationSite to register
West VirginiaGeneral informationSite to register
WisconsinGeneral informationSite to register
WyomingGeneral informationSite to register

See also

  • Set up Stripe Tax
  • Reporting and filing
  • Products, prices, tax categories, and tax behavior
  • Understanding tax registration rules in each location
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