Collect tax in the Democratic Republic of Congo

In the Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo DR), Stripe only supports collecting VAT for electronic 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

See Thresholds to get insights about your potential tax registration obligations in Congo (DR). Stripe also notifies you with email and Dashboard alerts when you need to register to collect tax. Learn more about how the monitoring tool works.

Remote sellers providing digital goods or electronically supplied services (digital products) to consumers and businesses in Congo (DR) have a registration threshold of 80,000,000 CDF in a calendar year.

• Threshold: 80,000,000 CDF
• Time frame: Calendar year
• Included transactions: Business-to-consumer (B2C) and Business-to-business (B2B) sales of digital goods or electronically supplied services (digital products)

Register to collect tax

You must be a remote seller with no physical presence in Congo (DR) to collect this tax on Stripe. In order to register to collect tax in Congo (DR), you need to appoint a tax representative in Congo (DR).

After you’ve registered to collect tax in Congo (DR), 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 Congo (DR).

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 Congo (DR). 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 Congo (DR), 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 Congo (DR). Stripe doesn’t file taxes on your behalf.