Tax for ticket sales
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Learn how to use event location to tax ticket sales.

Stripe Tax helps businesses meet the complex tax obligations associated with selling tickets to events, which are usually based on the location where the event or activity takes place.

Supported countries
Stripe Tax supports ticket sales for businesses in the following locations:
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Canada
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States

Performance Location
A performance location refers to the specific place where an event or admission takes place. This could be a venue, for example.

Taxes can vary significantly based on the performance location. Because of this, you must provide performance location addresses when selling tickets. The integration guide provides more information on how to set up performance locations.

Tax calculation
To accurately calculate taxes for events, you must provide performance location addresses when selling tickets. See the integration guide for instructions on setting up performance locations.

The business address and customer address remain necessary to account for reverse charges, for example.

Tax compliance and reporting
Different jurisdictions have unique tax implications for ticket sales. Our system enables automatic tax calculations for various locations.

Stripe Tax offers various reports to help you file and remit taxes.

Integration with Stripe and third-party payment flows
Stripe Tax works for ticket sales with existing Stripe API payment integrations. Through our APIs, you can calculate the taxes owed based on