# Collect tax in Africa

Use Stripe Tax to calculate, collect, and report tax in Africa.

In Africa, each country determines when and how you need to register to collect tax.

You can see key properties and registration guidelines for each supported country, including:

- The thresholds that trigger registration obligations.
- Which types of product sales Stripe monitors and affect your threshold calculation.
- Resources about how to register with local tax authorities.

- **Supported product type**

  [Digital products](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/tax-codes.md?type=digital)

- **Your business location**
❌ Not supported
- **Your customer location**
✓ Supported
- **Tax type**

  VAT

- **Official resources**

  [Revenue Authority website](https://taxpayersportal.tra.go.tz/ept/main)

- **Status**

  - None No transactions

- **Transactions included in [obligations monitoring](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/monitoring.md)**

  B2C digital products

- **Registration threshold**

  1 transaction

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## Supported calculations for Tanzania 

In Tanzania, although certain territories that make up Zanzibar fall outside the standard tax system and might have different tax rules, Stripe Tax calculates Tanzanian VAT. This applies to:

- Kusini Pemba (TZ-10)
- Kaskazini Unguja (TZ-07)
- Kusini Unguja (TZ-11)
- Mjini Magharibi (TZ-15)
- Kaskazini Pemba (TZ-06)

## Register to collect tax

Always visit a country’s government website to verify when you’re required to register in a jurisdiction, and to obtain information, instructions, and required forms.

After registering, add your registration in the [Locations](https://dashboard.stripe.com/tax/locations) tab of the Dashboard to start collecting tax on your transactions in that location.

## See also

- [Set up Stripe Tax](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/set-up.md)
- [Register for sales tax, VAT, and GST](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/registering.md)
- [Use Stripe to register](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/use-stripe-to-register/united-states.md)