# Collect tax in Asia Pacific

Learn how to collect tax in a country in Asia Pacific.

In the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, Stripe supports tax calculation for businesses making sales into a range of countries. The requirements for tax registration, as well as which types of transactions are included, vary from country to country.

For each country listed, you can find information about:

- The types of tax Stripe can help you collect.

- The registration threshold that determines when you’re required to register for tax collection.

- What kinds of products or sales are subject to tax calculation.

- The types of transactions covered.

- Resources about how to register with local tax authorities.

Stripe can collect tax if your business is based in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore and United Arab Emirates. To collect tax on Stripe in other listed APAC countries, your business needs to be a remote seller with no physical presence (such as a shop or warehouse).

- **Supported product type**

  [All PTCs](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/tax-codes.md)

- **Your business location**
✓ Supported
- **Your customer location**
✓ Supported
- **Tax type**

  Consumption Tax

- **Official resources**

  [General information about Consumption Tax in Japan](https://www.nta.go.jp/english/taxes/consumption_tax/01.htm)

  [Registration for remote sellers of electronic services](https://www.nta.go.jp/english/taxes/consumption_tax/04.htm)

- **Status**

  - None No transactions

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

  Any taxable transaction

- **Registration threshold**

  10 million JPY in Japanese base period or specified period

- **Additional information**

  Tax representation required

## Threshold and registration for Japan 

Remote sellers must register in Japan in either of the following cases:

- Their taxable sales in Japan exceed the registration threshold of 10 million JPY in the base period.
- Their taxable sales exceed 10 million JPY in the specified period.

The base period refers to the fiscal year two years prior to the current one (for sole proprietors) or to the calendar year two years prior to the current one (for corporations). The specified period refers to the first 6 months of the previous calendar year (for sole proprietors) or the first 6 months of a fiscal year (for corporations). Registered remote sellers must have an office located in Japan or have a tax representative in Japan. Remote sellers that provide electronic services to Japanese consumers can use a simplified registration procedure.

Stripe only monitors the 10 million JPY threshold for the base period. All taxable B2B and B2C sales to customers in Japan count towards the threshold.

## Supported calculations for Japan 

When both your business and your customer are in Japan, Stripe calculates Japanese Consumption Tax unless the sale is exempt or zero-rated.If you’re a remote seller and sell services to Japanese customers, Consumption Tax is typically collected on sales to individuals. No tax is charged on sales to business customers who provide their [tax registration number](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/invoicing/tax-ids.md#supported-tax-ids).

If you provide services related to admission to events and other venues, Stripe Tax considers them taxable in the country where the venue or event is located.

### Cross-border sales of goods to Japan 

When goods are shipped into Japan from abroad, Stripe treats the sale as an export and doesn’t calculate tax, unless you choose to calculate tax on cross-border sales of goods into Japan through the [tax registration settings](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/registering.md#track-your-registrations-in-the-tax-dashboard). Generally, businesses need to collect tax these sales if they act as the importer for customs purposes. If goods are imported in the customer’s name, the sale is considered to occur outside Japan, and no Japanese Consumption Tax is due. Cross-border sales of goods into Japan might also be subject to import taxes and customs duties in Japan, which Stripe doesn’t calculate.

Cross-border sales of goods into Japan might also be subject to import taxes and customs duties in Japan, which Stripe doesn’t calculate.

## 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.md)