Collect tax in Cape Verde

In Cape Verde, Stripe only supports collecting VAT on digital services. In Stripe, these are referred to as “digital products.” To collect this tax on Stripe, you must be a remote seller without a physical presence in the country.

When to register for tax collection

Remote sellers providing digital goods or electronically supplied services (digital products) to Cape Verdean customers must register for VAT purposes if asked to do so by tax authorities.

Register to collect tax

You must be a remote seller with no physical presence in Cape Verde to collect this tax on Stripe.

Find more information on how to register for VAT as a remote seller in Cape Verde on the government website.

After you’ve registered to collect tax in Cape Verde, go to Registrations to add your registrations to Stripe in the Dashboard. This turns on tax calculation and collection in Stripe for your transactions in Cape Verde.

Learn more about how to add your registration in the Dashboard.

How we calculate taxes

We only support calculations for digital products (non-physical items or services that are delivered, given, or rendered electronically) in Cape Verde. Stripe doesn’t calculate tax for products that don’t use a digital product tax code.

View the list of supported digital product tax codes. To calculate taxes in Cape Verde, make sure that you assign a tax code to each of your products.

Report and file your taxes

Stripe provides reports of your completed tax transactions. Go to Registrations to access these reports. Learn more about the different types of reports.

You’re responsible for filing and remitting your taxes to Cape Verde. Stripe doesn’t file taxes on your behalf.