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# Local Tax Support

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

Please contact <support@opencollective.com> if you need Collectives under your umbrella to charge taxes. We will work with you to conform to you local legislation.

## VAT

{% hint style="warning" %}
VAT will only apply if the collective creates a `SERVICE` or `PRODUCT` tier and for events.
{% endhint %}

Once VAT is setup for a collective, we will start asking the country of residency and an optionnal VAT number to everyone who order 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
* Don't charge VAT if a VAT number is provided
* Don't charge VAT if it's another EU country
* VAT percentage depends on the country where the collective is

### 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}/edit`) and setting your country to an European country. The form will then sak for a VAT number.

![](/files/-LrtZICBSS-NxGyf62Er)

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 in the collective edit page (`https://opencollective.com/{the_collective}/edit`):

![](/files/-LrtZICDZKWTzgjvOZXn)

### 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 than before, except that you'll choose the option `Use my own VAT number` on the last step.

![](/files/-LrtZICFverMCiVmNFjZ)