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Collect tax in Kenya

Learn how to use Stripe Tax to calculate, collect, and report tax in Kenya.

In Kenya, Stripe only supports collecting VAT for electronic, internet and digital marketplace supplies. 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 Kenya. 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 both businesses and individuals in Kenya must register for VAT within 30 days after the first sale.

  • Threshold: 1 transaction
  • 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 Kenya to collect this tax on Stripe.

Find more information on how to register for VAT in Kenya on the government website and in this guide for remote sellers.

After you’ve registered to collect tax in Kenya, 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 Kenya.

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 Kenya. 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 Kenya, 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 Kenya. Stripe doesn’t file taxes on your behalf.

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