Collect tax in the District of Columbia

When to register for tax collection

See Thresholds to get insights about your potential tax registration obligations in the District of Columbia. 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.

Remote sellers must register to collect and remit tax in the District of Columbia when, in the previous or current calendar year, they do one of the following:

• Exceed a sales threshold of 100,000 USD
• Meet or exceed a volume threshold of 200 transactions

The thresholds include retail sales, including marketplace sales and sales of services, whether taxable or nontaxable. The thresholds exclude wholesale sales (sales for resale).

Register to collect tax

Register for sales tax in the District of Columbia at the tax authority. Read more about registering for sales tax in the US in our guide. You can also use Stripe to register on your behalf.

After you’ve registered to collect tax in the District of Columbia, 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 the District of Columbia.

Learn how to add your registration in the Dashboard.

How we calculate taxes

Stripe calculates the taxes that apply to your customer’s location.

Report and file your taxes

Stripe provides reports of your completed tax transactions. Go to Registrations to access these reports.

Exports

The tax transaction data export provides a comprehensive and aggregated view of transactions by location, including a breakdown of individual tax amounts. Learn more about tax reporting exports.

Location reports

Location reports offer a summary of transaction and refund data for specific US locations and align with District of Columbia filing requirements. You have the option to report on an annual, quarterly, or monthly basis.

Filing

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.