# Use the Registrations API to manage tax registrations

Learn how to add, schedule, and check active tax registrations.

Businesses are required to register to collect taxes in locations where they have tax obligations. The [Tax Registration API](https://docs.stripe.com/api/tax/registrations.md) lets you retrieve and configure tax registrations using an API instead of the Dashboard. Adding your registrations in Stripe turns on tax calculation and collection for your transactions made through Stripe.

Different rules determine when and how a business needs to register to collect tax depending on the location. You can also use [Stripe to register](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/use-stripe-to-register.md) on your behalf or do it yourself. [Learn more about tax collection in different locations](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/supported-countries.md).

- **Connect platform**: As a platform, you can use this API to manage the registrations of your connected accounts or to check an account’s active registrations.
- **Direct usage**: You can use this API to manage and check your registrations.

# Connect platform


## List all tax registrations for your connected accounts 

To get a list of your connected accounts’ tax registrations, make a [list registrations](https://docs.stripe.com/api/tax/registrations/all.md) call. You can filter the response by setting the `status` parameter to `active`, `expired`, or `scheduled`.

```node
// Don't put any keys in code. See https://docs.stripe.com/keys-best-practices.
// Find your keys at https://dashboard.stripe.com/apikeys.
const stripe = require('stripe')('<<YOUR_SECRET_KEY>>');

const registrations = await stripe.tax.registrations.list(
  {
    status: 'active',
    limit: 3,
  },
  {
    stripeAccount: '{{CONNECTEDACCOUNT_ID}}',
  }
);
```

If your connected accounts don’t have access to the Stripe Dashboard, your platform can provide a UI for them to manage their tax registrations. The registrations endpoint helps you implement that functionality.

## Add a tax registration for your connected account 

If you know a connected account’s tax registration status, you can add their registration in Stripe by calling [create Registration](https://docs.stripe.com/api/tax/registrations/create.md) and providing the connected account ID as the `Stripe-Account` header.

```node
// Don't put any keys in code. See https://docs.stripe.com/keys-best-practices.
// Find your keys at https://dashboard.stripe.com/apikeys.
const stripe = require('stripe')('<<YOUR_SECRET_KEY>>');

const registration = await stripe.tax.registrations.create(
  {
    country: 'IE',
    country_options: {
      ie: {
        type: 'oss_union',
      },
    },
    active_from: 'now',
  },
  {
    stripeAccount: '{{CONNECTEDACCOUNT_ID}}',
  }
);
```

In this case, a `tax.registration` object is created in the connected account.

```json
{
  "object": "tax.registration",
  "active_from": 1669249440,
  "country": "IE",
  "country_options": {
    "ie": {
      "type": "oss_union"
    }
  },
  "livemode": false,
  "status": "active",
  ...
}
```

Alternatively, for connected accounts with access to the Stripe Dashboard (for example, Standard accounts), you can instruct them to [set up Stripe Tax](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/set-up.md) using the Dashboard, which includes adding tax registrations.

### Head office address requirement

To add a tax registration, the connected account must first set up a head office address. Without a defined head office address, an `invalid_request_error` gets triggered with a message about setting your head office address.

Use the [tax settings API](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/settings-api.md) to add a head office address as a platform:

```node
// Don't put any keys in code. See https://docs.stripe.com/keys-best-practices.
// Find your keys at https://dashboard.stripe.com/apikeys.
const stripe = require('stripe')('<<YOUR_SECRET_KEY>>');

const settings = await stripe.tax.settings.update(
  {
    head_office: {
      address: {
        country: 'DE',
      },
    },
  },
  {
    stripeAccount: '{{CONNECTEDACCOUNT_ID}}',
  }
);
```

Location-specific validation and errors might occur, details of which are found in our [tax settings guide](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/settings-api.md?tax-integration=connect-platform#validations-and-errors).

## Update and expire a tax registration for your connected account 

You can’t delete a connected account’s tax registration in Stripe Tax. If a connected account deregisters with local tax authorities and needs to stop collecting tax in that location, expire its registration. To expire a connected account’s tax registration, set its `expires_at` timestamp by calling [update Registration](https://docs.stripe.com/api/tax/registrations/update.md#tax_registration_update-expires_at) and providing the connected account ID as the `Stripe-Account` header.

```node
// Don't put any keys in code. See https://docs.stripe.com/keys-best-practices.
// Find your keys at https://dashboard.stripe.com/apikeys.
const stripe = require('stripe')('<<YOUR_SECRET_KEY>>');

const registration = await stripe.tax.registrations.update(
  'taxreg_NkyGPRPytKq66j',
  {
    expires_at: 'now',
  },
  {
    stripeAccount: '{{CONNECTEDACCOUNT_ID}}',
  }
);
```

In this case, the registration expires immediately. [Tax calculations](https://docs.stripe.com/api/tax/calculations.md) performed for the connected account after the `expires_at` won’t use this registration.

```json
{
  "object": "tax.registration",
  "active_from": 1669248000,
  "created": 1669219200,"expires_at": 1669334400,
  "livemode": false,
  "status": "active",
  ...
}
```

## Optional: Add a tax registration for the retail delivery fee [Server-side]

To calculate the retail delivery fee for your connected account, you need to add a tax registration in Colorado, United States, or in Minnesota, United States, with the registration type `state_retail_delivery_fee`. You must add this registration to your connected account.

```node
// Don't put any keys in code. See https://docs.stripe.com/keys-best-practices.
// Find your keys at https://dashboard.stripe.com/apikeys.
const stripe = require('stripe')('<<YOUR_SECRET_KEY>>');

const registration = await stripe.tax.registrations.create(
  {
    country: 'US',
    country_options: {
      us: {
        state: 'CO',
        type: 'state_retail_delivery_fee',
      },
    },
    active_from: 'now',
  },
  {
    stripeAccount: '{{CONNECTEDACCOUNT_ID}}',
  }
);
```

After adding the tax registration, the retail delivery fee applies to tax calculations if the item sold meets the requirements of the different states. The fee applies in Minnesota, for example, on orders above 100 USD.

Refer to the documentation to check if the retail delivery fee applies:

- [Retail Delivery Fee—Colorado](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/supported-countries/united-states/collect-tax.md?tax-jurisdiction-united-states=colorado#other-taxes)
- [Retail Delivery Fee—Minnesota](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/supported-countries/united-states/collect-tax.md?tax-jurisdiction-united-states=minnesota#other-taxes)

Learn how to [calculate the retail delivery fee](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/standalone-tax-api.md#retail_delivery_fee) and how it applies to free shipping orders.

## See also

- [Use the Settings API to configure Stripe Tax](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/settings-api.md)
- [Use Stripe Tax with Connect](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/connect.md)