## Tax in Latin America and the Caribbean

In Latin America and the Caribbean, Stripe supports tax calculation for businesses making sales into a range of countries. The requirements for tax registration, as well as which types of transactions are included, vary from country to country.

Stripe can collect tax if your business is based in Mexico. To collect tax on Stripe in other listed LATAM countries, your business needs to be a remote seller with no physical presence in the country (such as a shop or warehouse).

### When and how to register for tax collection

Different rules determine when and how you need to register to collect tax depending on the country.

See [Needs attention](https://stripe.com/docs/tax/monitoring) tab to get insights about your potential tax registration obligations in each location. Stripe only monitors if you’ve reached a tax threshold for sales outside of the country your business is based in. 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://stripe.com/docs/tax/monitoring).

After you’ve registered with a country, go to Locations to add your registrations to Stripe in the