Collect tax in 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.

When to register for tax collection

Registering to collect tax in Costa Rica is voluntary if you’re selling digital services to customers in Costa Rica.

Register to collect tax

You must be a remote seller with no physical presence in Costa Rica to collect this tax on Stripe.

Find more information on how to register for VAT in Costa Rica on the government website (Spanish).

After you’ve registered to collect tax in Costa Rica, go to Registrations to add your registrations to Stripe in the Dashboard. This turns on tax calculation and collection in Stripe for your transactions in Costa Rica.

Learn more about how to add your registration in the Dashboard.

How we calculate taxes

We only support calculations for digital products (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. To calculate taxes in Costa Rica, make sure that you assign a tax code to each of your products.

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 to Costa Rica. Stripe doesn’t file taxes on your behalf.