Collect tax in Europe, Middle East, and Africa

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

In the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region, Stripe supports tax calculation in the following countries. Stripe also supports tax calculation in all of the countries in the European Union (EU). Learn more about tax support for the European Union.

Click the links below to learn about the thresholds in each country and the types of goods and services we support.

When and how to register for tax collection

Different rules determine when and how you need to register to collect tax depending on the country. Click the links above to learn about the thresholds for tax collection in each location.

See Thresholds to get insights about your potential tax registration obligations in each location. Stripe only monitors if you have reached a tax threshold for sales outside of the country your business is based in. 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.

In Iceland, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and Türkiye, your business needs to be a remote seller with no physical presence (such as a shop or warehouse) to collect tax on Stripe.

After you’ve registered with a country, go to Registrations to add your registrations to Stripe in the Dashboard to start collecting tax on your transactions in that location.

How we calculate taxes

What you sell and where you sell impacts how tax is calculated on your sales. There are also different rules that apply when your customer is located in the same country as your business or located somewhere else.

Domestic transactions

A transaction where your business and your customer are in the same country is called a domestic transaction. Stripe assumes the sale of most goods or services to be taxable unless the tax authority has specifically made them exempt. In this region, Stripe only supports calculation for domestic transactions in Norway, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom.

Cross border transactions

A cross-border transaction is where your customer is located in a different country to your business or when goods are shipped from one country to another.

Stripe calculates tax on a cross-border transaction taking into account the following factors:

the location of your business
the tax registrations you’ve added to Stripe
the location of the buyer
the type of the product sold (based on which product tax code you assigned to your product)
the status of the customer (whether they’re an individual or a business)

Digital products

Digital products are non-physical items or services that are delivered, given, or rendered electronically. This includes digital goods and electronically supplied services. We determine whether you’re selling digital products or physical goods using the product tax code you assigned to your product.

Digital products are generally taxable in the country where your customer is located. However sales of digital products to businesses in other countries might have reverse charge applied. With reverse charge, your business provides an invoice for the purchase so that your customer can calculate the tax.

Physical goods

When physical goods are shipped to a customer in a different country to your business, the transaction is referred to as an export. Exports are zero rated and Stripe applies the zero rate. The transaction might still be subject to taxes and customs duties in the country your customer is in. Stripe doesn’t calculate these.

In Saudi Arabia and Türkiye, Stripe only supports calculation for digital products and not physical goods.

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. Stripe doesn’t file taxes on your behalf.