# Collect tax in Latin America and the Caribbean Learn how to collect tax in a country in Latin America and the Caribbean. In Latin America and the Caribbean, 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. In this region, your business needs to be a remote seller with no physical presence (such as a shop or warehouse) to collect tax on Stripe. The only exception to this rule is if your business is in Mexico, where full support is available. - **Status** - None No transactions - **Tax type** Sales tax - **Product type** Digital products - **Threshold** 1 transaction - **Included transactions** Business-to-consumer (B2C) sales of digital services - **Registration resources** [Domestic sales tax registration](https://www.impuesto.aw/uw-onderneming-aanmelden) ## Threshold and registration for Aruba Remote sellers providing digital goods or electronically supplied services (digital products) to Aruban customers must register for sales tax purposes if there is at least one transaction of digital goods and services provided to private individuals in Aruba within a period of 12 months. Sales to business customers in Aruba don’t trigger any tax registration obligations because non-resident businesses aren’t required to collect tax on these sales. ## Supported calculations for Aruba In Aruba, Stripe supports collecting three types of taxes on digital services: - Turnover Tax or Revenue Tax (*Belasting over bedrijfsomzetten*, BBO) - Tax on Additional Provision for Public and Private Projects (*Belasting additionele voorziening PPS-projecten*, BAVP) - Health Tax (*Bestemmingsheffing AZV*, BAZV) Because these all follow the same rules, they are collectively referred to as sales tax in Stripe. To collect these taxes on Stripe, you must be a remote seller without a physical presence in the country. - **Status** - None No transactions - **Tax type** VAT - **Product type** Digital products - **Threshold** 1 transaction - **Included transactions** Business-to-consumer (B2C) and Business-to-business (B2B) sales of digital goods or electronically supplied services (digital products) - **Registration resources** [Domestic sales tax registration](https://vat.revenue.gov.bs/Home) ## Threshold and registration for Bahamas Remote sellers providing digital goods or electronically supplied services (digital products) to consumers or businesses in the Bahamas must register for VAT from the first sale. You must be a remote seller with no physical presence in the Bahamas to collect this tax on Stripe. ## Supported calculations for Bahamas In the Bahamas, Stripe only supports collecting VAT for digital 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. We only support calculations for [digital products](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/tax-codes.md?type=digital) (non-physical items or services that are delivered, given, or rendered electronically) in the Bahamas. 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](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/tax-codes.md?type=digital). To calculate taxes in the Bahamas, make sure that you [assign a tax code](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/products-prices-tax-codes-tax-behavior.md#tax-code-on-product) to each of your products. - **Status** - None No transactions - **Tax type** VAT - **Product type** Digital products - **Time frame** Current year - **Threshold** BBD 200,000 - **Included transactions** Business-to-consumer (B2C) and Business-to-business (B2B) sales of digital goods or electronically supplied services (digital products) - **Registration resources** [Domestic sales tax registration](https://tamis.bra.gov.bb/) ## Threshold and registration for Barbados Remote sellers providing digital goods or electronically supplied services (digital products) to consumers or businesses in Barbados must register for VAT if their annual revenue is 200,000 BBD or more; and their average monthly revenue is greater than BBD 16,666.67. Stripe monitors the annual threshold, not the monthly average. You must be a remote seller with no physical presence in Barbados to collect this tax on Stripe. ## Supported calculations for Barbados In Barbados, Stripe only supports collecting VAT for digital 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. We only support calculations for [digital products](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/tax-codes.md?type=digital) (non-physical items or services that are delivered, given, or rendered electronically) in Barbados. 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](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/tax-codes.md?type=digital). To calculate taxes in Barbados, make sure that you [assign a tax code](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/products-prices-tax-codes-tax-behavior.md#tax-code-on-product) to each of your products. - **Status** - None No transactions - **Tax type** VAT - **Product type** Digital products - **Threshold** 1 transaction - **Included transactions** Business-to-consumer (B2C) sales of digital goods or electronically supplied services (digital products) - **Registration resources** [Domestic sales tax registration](https://www.sii.cl/vat/) ## Threshold and registration for Chile Remote sellers providing digital goods or electronically supplied services (digital products) to consumers in Chile have no registration threshold; they must register for VAT purposes from the first sale. Sales to business customers in Chile don’t trigger any tax registration obligations as remote sellers aren’t required to collect tax on such sales. You must be a remote seller with no physical presence in Chile to collect this tax on Stripe. ## Supported calculations for Chile In Chile, Stripe only supports collecting VAT for digital 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. We only support calculations for [digital products](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/tax-codes.md?type=digital) (non-physical items or services that are delivered, given, or rendered electronically) in Chile. 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](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/tax-codes.md?type=digital). To calculate taxes in Chile, make sure that you [assign a tax code](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/products-prices-tax-codes-tax-behavior.md#tax-code-on-product) to each of your products. - **Status** - None No transactions - **Tax type** VAT - **Product type** Digital products - **Threshold** 1 transaction - **Included transactions** Business-to-consumer (B2C) sales of digital goods or electronically supplied services (digital products) - **Registration resources** [Domestic sales tax registration](https://www.dian.gov.co/Prensa/Aprendelo-en-un-DIAN-X3/Paginas/Paso-a-Paso-Inscripcion-al-RUT.aspx) ## Threshold and registration for Colombia Remote sellers providing digital goods or electronically supplied services (digital products) to consumers in Colombia have no registration threshold; they must register for VAT purposes from the first sale. Sales to business customers in Colombia don’t trigger any tax registration obligations as remote sellers aren’t required to collect tax on such sales. You must be a remote seller with no physical presence in Colombia to collect this tax on Stripe. ## Supported calculations for Colombia In Colombia, Stripe only supports collecting VAT for digital 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. We only support calculations for [digital products](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/tax-codes.md?type=digital) (non-physical items or services that are delivered, given, or rendered electronically) in Colombia. 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](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/tax-codes.md?type=digital). To calculate taxes in Colombia, make sure that you [assign a tax code](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/products-prices-tax-codes-tax-behavior.md#tax-code-on-product) to each of your products. - **Status** - None No transactions - **Tax type** VAT - **Product type** Digital products - **Registration resources** [Domestic sales tax registration](https://www.hacienda.go.cr/web/guest/impuestos-sobre-ventas) ## Threshold and registration for Costa Rica Registering to collect tax in Costa Rica is voluntary if you’re selling digital services to customers in Costa Rica. You must be a remote seller with no physical presence in Costa Rica to collect this tax on Stripe. ## Supported calculations for Costa Rica In Costa Rica, Stripe only supports collecting VAT for digital 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. We only support calculations for [digital products](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/tax-codes.md?type=digital) (non-physical items or services that are delivered, given, or rendered electronically) in Costa Rica. 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](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/tax-codes.md?type=digital). To calculate taxes in Costa Rica, make sure that you [assign a tax code](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/products-prices-tax-codes-tax-behavior.md#tax-code-on-product) to each of your products. - **Status** - None No transactions - **Tax type** VAT - **Product type** Digital products - **Registration resources** [Domestic sales tax registration](https://www.sri.gob.ec/web/intersri/registro-declaracion-y-pago-del-iva-prestadores-de-servicios-digitales-no-residentes) ## Threshold and registration for Ecuador Registering to collect tax in Ecuador is voluntary if you’re selling digital services to customers in Ecuador. You must be a remote seller with no physical presence in Ecuador to collect this tax on Stripe. ## Supported calculations for Ecuador In Ecuador, Stripe only supports collecting VAT for digital 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. We only support calculations for [digital products](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/tax-codes.md?type=digital) (non-physical items or services that are delivered, given, or rendered electronically) in Ecuador. 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](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/tax-codes.md?type=digital). To calculate taxes in Ecuador, make sure that you [assign a tax code](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/products-prices-tax-codes-tax-behavior.md#tax-code-on-product) to each of your products. - **Status** - None No transactions - **Tax type** VAT - **Product type** Digital products - **Threshold** 1 transaction - **Included transactions** Sales of digital goods or electronically supplied services (digital products) - **Registration resources** [Domestic sales tax registration](http://omawww.sat.gob.mx/plataformastecnologicas/Paginas/PlataformasTecnologicas_ServiciosDigitales/pt_sd_inicio.html) ## Threshold and registration for Mexico Remote sellers providing digital goods or electronically supplied services (digital products) to Mexican customers must register for VAT purposes within 30 days of the first sale to a customer located in Mexico. There are no registration thresholds or simplified registration procedures. Non-residents must appoint a legal representative and establish a tax domicile in Mexico. ## Supported calculations for Mexico When both your business and your customer are in Mexico, Stripe calculates Mexican VAT unless the sale is exempt or zero-rated. If you’re a remote seller registered for VAT in Mexico and providing services to customers located in Mexico, Mexican VAT is typically collected on sales to both individuals and business customers. 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. In Mexico, certain territories fall outside the standard tax system and might have different tax rules. Stripe Tax doesn’t support the reduced VAT rates that apply in the Northern or Southern Border Region of Mexico. ### Cross-border sales of goods to Mexico When goods are shipped into Mexico 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 Mexico through the [tax registration settings](https://dashboard.stripe.com/tax/registrations). Generally, businesses need to collect tax on 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 Mexico, and no Mexican VAT is due. Cross-border sales of goods into Mexico might also be subject to import taxes and customs duties in Mexico, which Stripe doesn’t calculate. - **Status** - None No transactions - **Tax type** VAT - **Product type** Digital products - **Threshold** 1 transaction - **Included transactions** Business-to-consumer (B2C) sales of digital goods or electronically supplied services (digital products) - **Registration resources** [Domestic sales tax registration](https://orientacion.sunat.gob.pe/igv-servicios-digitales) ## Threshold and registration for Peru Remote sellers providing digital goods or electronically supplied services (digital products) to consumers in Peru must register for VAT from the first sale. Sales to business customers in Peru don’t trigger any tax registration obligations as remote sellers aren’t required to collect tax on those sales. You must be a remote seller with no physical presence in Peru to collect this tax on Stripe. ## Supported calculations for Peru In Peru, Stripe only supports collecting VAT for digital 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. We only support calculations for [digital products](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/tax-codes.md?type=digital) (non-physical items or services that are delivered, given, or rendered electronically) in Peru. 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](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/tax-codes.md?type=digital). To calculate taxes in Peru, make sure that you [assign a tax code](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/products-prices-tax-codes-tax-behavior.md#tax-code-on-product) to each of your products. - **Status** - None No transactions - **Tax type** VAT - **Product type** Digital products - **Threshold** SRD 500,000 - **Included transactions** Business-to-consumer (B2C) sales of digital goods or electronically supplied services (digital products) - **Registration resources** [Domestic sales tax registration](https://belastingdienst.sr/) ## Threshold and registration for Suriname Remote sellers providing digital goods or electronically supplied services (digital products) to consumers in Suriname have a registration threshold of 500,000 SRD for a calendar year. Sales to business customers in Suriname don’t trigger any tax registration obligations as remote sellers aren’t required to collect tax on these sales. You must be a remote seller with no physical presence in Suriname to collect this tax on Stripe. ## Supported calculations for Suriname In Suriname, Stripe only supports collecting VAT for digital 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. We only support calculations for [digital products](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/tax-codes.md?type=digital) (non-physical items or services that are delivered, given, or rendered electronically) in Suriname. 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](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/tax-codes.md?type=digital). To calculate taxes in Suriname, make sure that you [assign a tax code](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/products-prices-tax-codes-tax-behavior.md#tax-code-on-product) to each of your products. - **Status** - None No transactions - **Tax type** VAT - **Product type** Digital products - **Threshold** 1 transaction - **Included transactions** Business-to-consumer (B2C) sales of digital goods or electronically supplied services (digital products) - **Registration resources** [Domestic sales tax registration](https://www.gub.uy/direccion-general-impositiva/comunicacion/publicaciones/inscripcion-empresa-extranjera-actividad-prestacion-servicios-0?hrt=495) ## Threshold and registration for Uruguay Remote sellers providing digital goods or electronically supplied services (digital products) to consumers in Uruguay must register for VAT from the first sale. Sales to business customers in Uruguay don’t trigger any tax registration obligations as remote sellers aren’t required to collect tax on those sales. ## Supported calculations for Uruguay In Uruguay, Stripe only supports collecting VAT for digital 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. We only support calculations for [digital products](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/tax-codes.md?type=digital) (non-physical items or services that are delivered, given, or rendered electronically) in Uruguay. 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](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/tax-codes.md?type=digital). To calculate taxes in Uruguay, make sure that you [assign a tax code](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/products-prices-tax-codes-tax-behavior.md#tax-code-on-product) to each of your products.