# Local Tax Support

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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.

![](https://2931279126-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-LWSZizTt4ZC1UNDV89f%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-def1a2392c4314bc41deb53cc273786bc9d99332%2Fimage%20\(16\)%20\(2\)%20\(2\)%20\(1\)%20\(1\).png?alt=media)

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.

![](https://2931279126-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LWSZizTt4ZC1UNDV89f%2F-MUgpimE84_fo-9pg4YY%2F-MUgr0Tm-A4t20eBdsfk%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=1d998035-5a29-47b3-94ed-9c38c950d85f)

## GST (New Zealand)

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


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