Tax
Every tax rule, applied at checkout.
Sales tax, VAT and GST calculated for each customer, collected at checkout and filed by Pandabase as your merchant of record.
Pick a customer, see the rule.
Choose where the customer is and whether they're a business. The rate, the rule behind it and who files it update as you go.
- Rates for every location
- Reverse charge for businesses
- Registered and filed by Pandabase
- Pro plan
- $49.00
- VAT · 19%
- $9.31
- Customer pays
- $58.31
Rule applied
German VAT applies to consumers, reported through the EU One Stop Shop.
Registered by Pandabase
OSS return · due Oct 31
Germany, consumer: VAT $9.31. Customer pays $58.31.
Registration thresholds
When you'd need to register for tax
Play through a year of sales for a growing software company. Every threshold it crosses is a registration, a return and a deadline, unless someone else is the seller.
- United KingdomVAT · From the first sale$12KRegister
- European UnionVAT · From the first sale$26KRegister
- CaliforniaSales tax · $500K in sales$13KNot yet
- New YorkSales tax · $500K and 100 sales$17KNot yet
- TexasSales tax · $500K in sales$15KNot yet
- WashingtonSales tax · $100K in sales$6KNot yet
- AustraliaGST · A$75K in sales$2KNot yet
- CanadaGST/HST · C$30K in sales$3KNot yet
Selling on your own
2
tax registrations by Jan, each with its own returns, rates and deadlines.
With Pandabase as the seller
0
registrations for you. We're already registered and file every return.
Covered on every order we sell for you
Illustrative sales and a simplified view of thresholds for sellers based outside each place. Rules change, and some places also count transactions.
Business customers
Business customers and tax IDs
When a business enters its tax ID at checkout, we check it with the official registry. If it's valid, tax comes off and the invoice carries the wording the law asks for.
- EU VATVIES
- UK VATHMRC
- Australian ABNABN Lookup
- Indian GSTINGST portal
Checkout · company details
Invoice
PandabaseSeller of record
Bill to
Weber Software GmbH
No verified tax ID
- Pro plan · annual
- $588.00
- VAT 19%
- $111.72
- Total
- $699.72
VAT charged at the Germany rate.
Who files what
Who handles each part of tax
It depends on who the seller is. As merchant of record, we are. On Pandabase Direct, you are, and we give you what you need to file.
| Task | Merchant of record5.9% + 50¢ · Pandabase is the seller | Pandabase Direct3.9% + 29¢ + IC++ · You are the seller |
|---|---|---|
| Calculate tax at checkout | Pandabase | Pandabase |
| Collect it from the customer | Pandabase | Pandabase |
| Register in each country and state | Pandabase | You |
| File returns | Pandabase | You |
| Pay tax to each authority | Pandabase | You |
| Liability for mistakes and audits | Pandabase | You |
| Tax reports and exports | Included | Included |
Compare both options on the pricing page.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Answers about registrations, rates and business customers. Ask us anything else.
Not for orders we sell as merchant of record. Pandabase is the seller, so the registrations, returns and payments are ours. On the partner network you're the seller and register where you need to.