# 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.

- **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

- **Status**

  - None No transactions

- **Official resources**

  [Government Financial Platform website](https://www.sri.gob.ec/web/intersri/registro-declaracion-y-pago-del-iva-prestadores-de-servicios-digitales-no-residentes)

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## Threshold and registration for Ecuador 

Registering to collect tax in Ecuador is voluntary if you’re selling digital services to customers in Ecuador. If you register in Ecuador, Stripe will calculate tax in transactions to consumers and to businesses. 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.

## 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)