--- title: "Using Stripe Tax in Payment Pages" description: "Automatically calculate and collect VAT/GST/Sales Tax" url: https://help.teachery.co/en/articles/242-using-stripe-tax-in-payment-pages collection: "General" updated: 2026-08-12 language: en --- # Using Stripe Tax in Payment Pages Automatically calculate and collect VAT/GST/Sales Tax If you’re using our [_Stripe_ integration](https://help.teachery.co/en/articles/211-using-teachery-s-built-in-payment-method-stripe.md) as your payment processor in Teachery, you can now enable _Stripe Tax_ with our new [_Payment Page Builder_](https://help.teachery.co/en/articles/241-introducing-the-payment-page-builder.md) (_Stripe Tax_ is unavailable if you’re using our [original payment page template](https://help.teachery.co/en/articles/212-creating-a-payment-page-and-editing-your-default-payment-page.md)). Essentially, as your customers populate your payment page, Stripe will automatically check for what sales tax may be applicable e.g. depending on the region, the currency, your tax settings, etc. > **Info:** Teachery is **not** a _Merchant of Record_ (nor tax experts). You remain responsible for all tax collection, compliance, remittance, etc. Our integration is **not** compatible with Stripe’s _Managed Payments_ feature. ## Setting up Stripe Tax > **Error:** Teachery charges no transaction/processing fees but _Stripe Tax_ is priced separately by _Stripe_ (**per live tax calculation _and_ final collection**). Learn more [here](https://stripe.com/pricing#tax). ### First-Time Stripe Tax Users **If this is your first time** working with _Stripe Tax,_ please review and complete these instructions: 1. [**Enable Stripe Tax**](https://dashboard.stripe.com/tax) in the Stripe Dashboard. 2. [**Set up your tax settings**](https://dashboard.stripe.com/settings/tax) in the Stripe Dashboard. You can set your default tax category and if tax is included or excluded in your product prices. > **Info:** We recommend selecting (if possible for your circumstances) the (_Yes_) _tax inclusive_ option in the “_Include tax in prices_” setting. > > Where the _tax exclusive_ option is applied, please note that the amount **excluding** tax will appear in the customer profile, customer CSV export, and affiliate sale emails. 3. [**Add your tax registrations**](https://dashboard.stripe.com/tax/registrations) in the Stripe Dashboard. Tax registrations are locations where you’re registered to collect and remit taxes. ### Existing Stripe Tax Users **If you already have _Stripe Tax_ set up** within your Stripe account, visit the _Checkout_ > _Stripe Tax_ tab of your payment page and: 1. Enable _Stripe Tax_ for that particular payment page. 2. Visit your [**tax settings within Stripe**](https://dashboard.stripe.com/settings/tax) to confirm all is configured to meet your context/circumstances. 3. [**Test**](https://help.teachery.co/en/articles/242-using-stripe-tax-in-payment-pages.md#heading-6-recommendation-test-your-payment-pages) your payment page(s). ### Checkout Fields Note that once you’ve set up/enabled _Stripe Tax_, **additional fields will automatically appear** in your payment page as these are required by _Stripe_ in order to accurately calculate and capture tax e.g. address fields. This means that it may also **override any version of those same fields in the list of existing/custom checkout fields** that you’d set up in your payment page. You’ll see an alert (like the example below) within the settings of some of your fields but this is expected - the data you need will still be captured. The **VAT ID** field is optional for your customers to complete. If one is provided and validated, it will be used to apply in the case of, for example, the EU the reverse charge mechanism and Stripe will zero-rate the transaction. ![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/ghelparticle/4MwcW9ryOlzffa0wx0OUR5a2JNCdeOXb0bDSYdRrDlw7RZcza9Q4jsCX8l5k35e8zaHSzWjtVvB.png) ## Updating Existing Subscriptions Once you’ve enabled _Stripe Tax_, it will **not** impact any pre-existing recurring payment plans your customers have with you. This will require intervention on your part and directly within a customer’s subscription in Stripe. Please consult Stripe’s [documentation](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/subscriptions/update) or Stripe’s Support team for any additional assistance. ## Stripe Notification Settings You can manage a range of Stripe notifications directly within your Stripe account. Visit your Stripe dashboard and navigate to the following areas: - **Settings > Business > Customer Emails:** enable receipts to be sent to customers on successful payment. - **Settings > Billing > Subscriptions and Emails**: enable additional notifications for customers with recurring payments. - **Settings > Billing > Invoices**: if you choose to make use of Stripe invoices for recurring payment plans, ensure your invoices are displaying as you’d prefer e.g. to include your VAT number on invoices, be sure to set the relevant VAT number you’ve set up on Stripe as the _Default_. - **Settings > Communication preferences > Transactions and Balances**: enable the alerts you want to receive, including failed payments. > **Info:** Need to **resend a receipt or invoice**? This needs to be done from within your Stripe account. Just search for the customer and click into the relevant transaction page - you’ll find everything you need in there. ## Tax Reports Stripe provides you with any reports you might need in your [Tax Registrations dashboard](https://dashboard.stripe.com/tax/registrations). For more information, please refer to [Stripe's documentation](https://stripe.com/docs/tax/reports). ## Recommendation: Test Your Payment Pages We cannot stress this recommendation enough. If you want to see the **exact** experience (you and) your customers will have (and confirm that taxes are being accurately displayed and captured in Teachery and Stripe), purchasing your own course will be useful. You will get to see both sides of the transaction and ensure everything is working as it should. > **Warning:** When you do attempt a real purchase through your payment page, switch to **another browser or incognito mode** and be sure to use an email address that is **NOT** your course-creating Teachery account email address (use, for example, any other personal email address you might have). - Click the **Share URL** button in the top right of your payment page - Click the **Copy to Clipboard** in the popup that appears - Open that link in an **Incognito** or **Private Window** - Put the payment page to the test (e.g. if you have multiple payment plans available, confirm the page reflects your selection) and complete the checkout If you want to [refund your purchase](https://help.teachery.co/en/articles/129-revoking-access-refunds-deleting-customers-and-other-customer-actions.md#heading-4-refund-course-payment) at any point, you can do so via your test user’s _Customer Profile_ via the _Customers_ page. > **Error:** _Stripe_ (or your chosen payment processor) will, like in any standard transaction, still charge you fees and refunding does not reverse these. Instead of making a real payment, you can create yourself a 100%-off promo code just for testing purposes (be sure to make it a tricky promo code and/or consider limiting it to one use). But we still **strongly recommend placing an order with a real payment** to ensure welcome emails, Stripe receipts, refunds, taxes, etc. are all rendering/working as they should. ## More Important Help Docs With some high-level understanding of what to expect, we think you’re ready to start building. Here are some additional guides to read and bookmark: 1. [Introducing the Payment Page Builder](https://help.teachery.co/en/articles/241-introducing-the-payment-page-builder.md) 2. [Building a Payment Page](https://help.teachery.co/en/articles/240-creating-a-payment-page-with-our-builder.md) 3. [Custom CSS Tricks: Payment Page Builder](https://help.teachery.co/en/articles/243-custom-css-tricks-payment-page-builder.md) 4. [Sell a Digital Product Download **Only**](https://help.teachery.co/en/articles/229-quickly-sell-a-digital-download-with-teachery.md#heading-0-using-the-payment-page-builder)