# Tax in Africa

In Africa, 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.

Your business must be a remote seller with no physical presence (such as a shop or warehouse) in Africa to collect tax on Stripe.

## 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 the [Needs attention tab](https://stripe.com/docs/tax/monitoring) 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).

Always visit a country’s government website to verify when you’re required to register in a jurisdiction, and to obtain information, instructions, and required forms.

After you’re registered with a country, go to [Locations](https://stripe.com/docs/dashboard/locations) to add your registrations to Stripe in the Dashboard to start collecting tax on your transactions in that location.

## How we calculate taxes

Stripe Tax calculates taxes based on the following factors:

*   **Seller location**: The location of your business.
*   **Customer location**: The location of your customer.
*   **Product tax code**: The classification of your product or service.
*   **Taxability**: Whether the product or service is taxable in the customer's location.
*   **Registration status**: Whether you are registered to collect tax in the customer's location.

Stripe Tax uses your business address, tax registrations, product tax codes, and customer locations to determine the correct tax rates for products you sell, in all supported locations. We have tax researchers who monitor tax laws and tax authority publications for changes, and make any effective updates directly to Stripe Tax as needed.

## Supported countries

Stripe supports tax calculation in the following African countries:

| Country             | Supported product type | Sales type   | Tax type | Official resources                               | Status                                   | Transactions included in obligations monitoring | Registration threshold |
| :------------------ | :--------------------- | :----------- | :------- | :----------------------------------------------- | :--------------------------------------- | :---------------------------------------------- | :--------------------- |
| Angola              | Digital products       | Remote sales | VAT      | General Tax Administration website               | No transactions                          | B2C and B2B digital products                    | 1 transaction          |
| Benin               | Digital products       | Remote sales | VAT      | Tax Administration website                       | No transactions                          | B2C and B2B digital products                    | 1 transaction          |
| Burkina Faso        | Digital products       | Remote sales | VAT      | General Directorate of Taxes website             | No transactions                          | B2C and B2B digital products                    | 1 transaction          |
| Cameroon            | Digital products       | Remote sales | VAT      | Directorate General of Taxes website             | No transactions                          | B2C and B2B digital products                    | 1 transaction          |
| Cape Verde          | Digital products       | Remote sales | VAT      | Directorate-General of Taxes website             | No transactions                          | B2C and B2B digital products                    | 1 transaction          |
| Democratic Republic Congo | Digital products       | Remote sales | VAT      | General Directorate of Taxes website             | No transactions                          | B2C and B2B digital products                    | 1 transaction          |
| Egypt               | Digital products       | Remote sales | VAT      | Ministry of Finance website                      | No transactions                          | B2C and B2B digital products                    | 1 transaction          |
| Ethiopia            | Digital products       | Remote sales | VAT      | Ministry of Revenue website                      | No transactions                          | B2C and B2B digital products                    | 1 transaction          |
| Guinea              | Digital products       | Remote sales | VAT      | Directorate General of Taxes website             | No transactions                          | B2C and B2B digital products                    | 1 transaction          |
| Kenya               | Digital products       | Remote sales | VAT      | Kenya Revenue Authority website                  | No transactions                          | B2C and B2B digital products                    | 1 transaction          |
| Mauritania          | Digital products       | Remote sales | VAT      | Directorate General of Taxes website             | No transactions                          | B2C and B2B digital products                    | 1 transaction          |
| Morocco             | Digital products       | Remote sales | VAT      | General Directorate of Taxes website             | No transactions                          | B2C and B2B digital products                    | 1 transaction          |
| Nigeria             | Digital products       | Remote sales | VAT      | Federal Inland Revenue Service website           | No transactions                          | B2C and B2B digital products                    | 1 transaction          |
| Senegal             | Digital products       | Remote sales | VAT      | Directorate General of Taxes website             | No transactions                          | B2C and B2B digital products                    | 1 transaction          |
| South Africa        | Digital products       | Remote sales | VAT      | South African Revenue Service website            | No transactions                          | B2C and B2B digital products                    | 1 transaction          |
| Tanzania            | Digital products       | Remote sales | VAT      | Tanzania Revenue Authority website               | No transactions                          | B2C and B2B digital products                    | 1 transaction          |
| Uganda              | Digital products       | Remote sales | VAT      | Uganda Revenue Authority website                 | No transactions                          | B2C and B2B digital products                    | 1 transaction          |
| Zambia              | Digital products       | Remote sales | VAT      | Zambia Revenue Authority website                 | No transactions                          | B2C and B2B digital products                    | 1 transaction          |
| Zimbabwe            | Digital products       | Remote sales | VAT      | Zimbabwe Revenue Authority website               | No transactions                          | B2C and B2B digital products                    | 1 transaction          |

### Additional information

*   **Angola**: You must appoint a tax representative in Angola to register for your business.