To calculate tax for recurring payments, Stripe offers Stripe Tax and tax rates:

*   **Stripe Tax**—A paid product that automatically calculates the tax on your transactions without the need to define the rates and rules. Fees only apply after you’ve added at least one location where you’re registered to calculate and remit tax. For more information, see [Stripe Tax](https://stripe.com/docs/tax). If you use a third-party tax provider such as Avalara, Anrok, or Sphere, you can connect them natively using a third-party tax app.
*   **Tax rates**—A free feature for manually defining a fixed set of tax rates on invoices, subscriptions, and one-time payments that use Checkout. Stripe won’t create or maintain any tax rates on your behalf. If you use a third-party tax provider such as Avalara, Anrok, or Sphere, use their native Stripe integration to calculate tax automatically for subscriptions and invoices. Use tax rates if you have a