Stripe Tax
Stripe Tax calculates and collects sales tax, VAT and GST through an integration, and provides reporting for businesses that file their own returns.
What Stripe Tax is
Stripe Tax calculates and collects sales tax, VAT and GST through an integration, and provides reporting for businesses that file their own returns. It supports B2B, B2C, subscription and marketplace models, and can be enabled through the Dashboard, a line of code or the API. It works with Stripe products including Payments, Payment Links, Checkout, Connect, Billing and Invoicing, and can also calculate and report taxes on payments processed outside Stripe. Filing options include automated US sales tax filing through TaxJar, automated filing across more than 90 countries through Stripe and filing partners, and location-specific reports for self-filing. The service can apply reverse-charge or zero-VAT rates where needed and keeps tax rules and rates updated. Stripe Managed Payments takes global tax responsibility in 75 countries and 35 product categories. Stripe Tax is API-based, supports 100 jurisdictions and does not list a free plan. Tax Complete monthly tiers have one-year contracts and set registration, transaction, calculation and filing allowances.
Good
- Supports sales tax, VAT and GST.
- Offers automated filing across more than 90 countries.
- Provides location-specific reports for self-filing.
- Can handle payments processed outside Stripe.
- Offers Dashboard, code and API integration options.
Watch out
- No free plan is listed.
- Tax Complete tiers require a one-year contract.
- Listed platform is API.
Who it suits
It suits businesses that need transaction tax calculation and collection across sales tax, VAT or GST, including businesses that file returns themselves or use automated filing. Its listed support for subscriptions, marketplaces, B2B and B2C covers several business models.
Verdict
Stripe Tax combines transaction tax calculation with reporting and several filing routes, including self-filing reports. Tax Complete has tiered allowances and one-year contract terms, so check the listed limits against your requirements.
Plans and prices
From Stripe Tax's own pricing page, checked 20 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Tax Basic — no-code integration | — | Tax calculations and collections · Billing, Checkout, Invoicing, and Payment Links integrations |
| Tax Basic — API integration | — | 10 calculation API calls per transaction |
| Tax Complete — $90 tier | $90 a month | 2 registrations per year · 200 transactions per month · 2,000 calculation API calls per month · 4 filings per year · Per month, 1-year contract |
| Tax Complete — $430 tier | $430 a month | 4 registrations per year · 1,000 transactions per month · 10,000 calculation API calls per month · 12 filings per year · Per month, 1-year contract |
| Tax Complete — $1,000 tier | $1,000 a month | 6 registrations per year · 2,500 transactions per month · 25,000 calculation API calls per month · 20 filings per year · Per month, 1-year contract |
| Tax Complete — $1,500 tier | $1,500 a month | 10 registrations per year · 5,000 transactions per month · 50,000 calculation API calls per month · 32 filings per year · Per month, 1-year contract |
The facts
Each one read from Stripe Tax's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API access
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Business models
- Supports B2B, B2C, subscriptions, and marketplaces.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Filing support level
- automatedchecked 20 Sep 2026
- Global filing
- Supports automated filings across more than 90 countries through Stripe and filing partners.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Integration methods
- Can be enabled through the Dashboard, one line of code, or the API.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Jurisdictions covered
- 100checked 20 Sep 2026
- Merchant of record
- Stripe Managed Payments takes global tax responsibility in 75 countries and 35 product categories.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Payment processors
- Can calculate and report tax on payments processed outside Stripe.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Return filing
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Reverse charge
- Can apply reverse charge or zero VAT rates when necessary.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Sales tax calculation
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Self filing
- Provides location-specific reports for self-filing or filing with accountants and partners.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Supported tax types
- sales tax,VAT,GSTchecked 20 Sep 2026
- Tax calculation
- Calculates and collects tax on transactions worldwide through one integration.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Tax registration
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Tax reporting
- Provides reporting for businesses that file taxes themselves.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Tax rule updates
- Keeps tax rules and rates up to date.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Tax types
- Supports sales tax, VAT, and GST.checked 28 Sep 2026
- US filing
- Offers automated US sales tax filing from the Dashboard through TaxJar.checked 28 Sep 2026
The company
- Company recognition
- Stripe was named a Leader in an IDC MarketScape sales and use tax automation assessment.checked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Nochecked 20 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Platform integrations
- Integrates with Payments, Payment Links, Checkout, Connect, Billing, other processors, and Invoicing.checked 28 Sep 2026
