# Collect tax in the United States

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

Businesses selling goods and services to customers in the United States (US) might need to collect sales tax. Tax rates and rules vary by region. For each state and territory below, you can find information about registration thresholds, supported tax calculations, and relevant resources. Select a region to see specific details.

- **Status**

  - None No transactions

- **Tax type**

  No general state or local sales tax (other business taxes apply)

- **Threshold**

  N/A (no state sales tax registration to add in Stripe)

- **Included transactions**

  N/A (Delaware imposes other taxes, such as gross receipts tax)

- **Registration resources**

  [Delaware Division of Revenue](https://revenue.delaware.gov/services-for-the-business-taxpayer/)

## When to register for tax collection

Delaware doesn’t have a general state or local sales tax. This means you won’t see an option to add your registration for Delaware to Stripe and collect taxes from your customers based in Delaware.

However Delaware does impose other taxes on businesses, including a gross receipts tax. Learn more about the taxes that apply in Delaware at the [tax authority](https://revenue.delaware.gov/services-for-the-business-taxpayer/).

If you’re a business based in Delaware you could still have tax obligations based on sales to customers in other locations. See the [Needs attention](https://dashboard.stripe.com/tax/locations?primary_tab=needs_attention) tab to get insights about your potential tax registration obligations. 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](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/monitoring.md).

## Register to collect tax

If you’re a remote seller, [Stripe can register with the local tax authorities](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/use-stripe-to-register.md) for you.

Read more about registering for [sales tax in the US](https://stripe.com/guides/sales-tax-registration-process-us). You might need to register to collect tax on your sales in other states or countries.

After you register to collect tax in a location, go to [Registrations](https://dashboard.stripe.com/tax/registrations?location=us-de) to add your registrations to Stripe in the Dashboard. This turns on tax calculation and collection in Stripe for your transactions in that location.

Learn [how to add your registration](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/registering.md#track-your-registrations-in-the-tax-dashboard) in the Dashboard.

## How we calculate taxes

If your [head office](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/set-up.md#head-office) is in the US and differs from your customer’s state, Stripe always calculates tax based on your customer’s location.

If your head office is in the US and in the same state as your customer’s state, Stripe generally calculates sales tax based on your customer’s location.

## Report and file your taxes

Stripe Tax has filing partners—Taxually, Marosa, and Hands-off Sales Tax (HOST)—to help automate your tax filing. These partners automatically sync your tax transaction data in real time, eliminating the need for manual data entry or file transfers. Learn more about [tax filing](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/filing.md).

Stripe also provides reports of your completed tax transactions. Go to [Locations](https://dashboard.stripe.com/tax/locations) to access these reports. Learn more about [the different types of reports](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/reports.md).

## 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)