# Sales Tax & VAT

### Overview

If you sell to customers in certain countries or states, you may be required to collect taxes such as VAT or Sales Tax — especially if your sales exceed a local **registration threshold**. 

Tip4Serv helps you automate this by allowing you to declare your **economic nexus** locations, so taxes can be calculated and collected automatically when required. Taxes are clearly shown on customer invoices, and you can export detailed tax summaries to track how much tax has been collected per region and how much revenue you’ve generated by nexus.

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### Sales Thresholds – When Are You Required to Register?

Each region may require you to collect tax only after crossing a certain **sales volume or revenue threshold**.

If you're using **Stripe**, you can monitor your progress toward these thresholds on this page:\
[Stripe Tax Overview](https://dashboard.stripe.com/tax/overview)

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### How to Enable Tax Collection

**If you are subject to VAT or Sales Tax in a specific country or state** (typically after exceeding a registration threshold), you should configure tax collection on Tip4Serv:

1. Go to your [Tax Nexus Dashboard](https://tip4serv.com/dashboard/tax-nexus).
2. Click **Add a tax nexus**.
3. Choose one of the following:
   * A **country**
   * A **state** (if applicable, e.g., for US/Canada)
   * Or **OSS** if you're registered under the European Union One-Stop Shop scheme

> Your **economic nexus** is usually the country or state where most of your customers are located.

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### The "Sales Tax ID or VAT Registration ID" Field

When adding a nexus, you will see a field labeled **Sales Tax ID or VAT Registration ID**.

* This field is **required**, but not validated.
* You can enter:
  * Your official tax ID or VAT number
  * Or any **custom memo** (e.g., "Monitor only", "France Nexus", etc.)

> This field is for **your reference only** and does not affect tax calculation.

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### How Tax is Calculated

Once you’ve added one or more nexus locations:

* Tip4Serv automatically determines whether tax should be applied based on:
  * The buyer’s location
  * The nexus locations you've registered
* If applicable, the correct tax rate is calculated and included in the final price at checkout.

**Important:**\
Taxes are always **included in the price shown to the customer** before checkout.\
They are **never added on top** or charged as a separate fee.

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### **My Bills – Accounting & Tax Overview**

The [My Bills page](https://tip4serv.com/dashboard/my-bills)  provides a consolidated monthly overview of all accounting documents generated by Tip4Serv.

From this page, you can access your official **platform fee invoices** and download supporting CSV files, including detailed payment lists and tax summaries.

These documents are designed to simplify reconciliation with your accounting records and support revenue and VAT reporting.

All amounts are already calculated monthly, making it easy to share complete and ready-to-use data with your accountant.

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### Exporting Tax Reports by date range

To help with your tax declarations:

1. Go to your [Payments Dashboard](https://tip4serv.com/dashboard/payments).
2. Select a date range.
3. Download a report showing:
   * Total revenue per **nexus** (country/state)
   * Total taxes collected per nexus

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### Key Points

* You are responsible for **reporting and remitting** the taxes you collect.
* Tip4Serv helps you collect the correct tax automatically but does **not remit taxes on your behalf**.
* Taxes are always included in the prices your customers see, ensuring full transparency.

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### Useful Links

* [Add or manage a tax nexus](https://tip4serv.com/dashboard/tax-nexus)
* [Access platform fee invoices and accounting CSVs](https://tip4serv.com/dashboard/my-bills)
* [Export tax and revenue reports](https://tip4serv.com/dashboard/payments)
* [Monitor your Stripe tax obligations](https://dashboard.stripe.com/tax/overview)


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