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# Local Tax Support

This page describes how to set up charging local taxes

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In certain countries or regions, Fiscal Hosts are required to collect local taxes—for example, VAT in the EU.

Please [contact us](https://opencollective.com/contact) if you need Collectives under your umbrella to charge taxes. We will work with you to conform to your local legislation.

## VAT

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VAT will only apply if the collective creates a `SERVICE` or `PRODUCT` tier and for events.
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Once VAT is set up for a collective, we will start asking the country of residency and an optional VAT number to everyone who orders tiers or tickets from the collective. We will apply the VAT rules accordingly:

* Charge VAT from the country of the event if it's an event
* VAT percentage depends on the country where the collective is
* Don't charge VAT if a VAT number is provided and contribution comes from another EU country

### Enable VAT at the host level

If the host is the one supposed to collect VAT (most common case) then you can enable it by going to the Edit section (`https://opencollective.com/{my_host}/admin`) and set your country to a European country. The form will then ask for a VAT number.

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Your host is now ready to start accepting VAT. You still need to enable it on a per-collective basis by setting a country and a "VAT setting" for the collective on the collective edit page (`https://opencollective.com/{the_collective}/admin`).

### Enable VAT at the collective level

If the collective has a VAT number and should be responsible for collecting VAT itself, you can enable that by following the exact same steps as before, except that you'll choose the option `Use my own VAT number` on the last step.

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## GST (New Zealand)

GST is also supported for New Zealand. [Contact us](https://opencollective.com/contact)!


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