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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 us](https://donatepr.com/contact) if you need Communities 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 community creates a `SERVICE` or `PRODUCT` tier and for events.
{% endhint %}

Once VAT is set up for a community, we will start asking the country of residency and an optional VAT number to everyone who orders tiers or tickets from the community. 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 community 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://donatepr.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-community basis by setting a country and a "VAT setting" for the community on the community edit page (`https://donatepr.com/{the_community}/admin`).

### Enable VAT at the community level

If the community 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.

![](/files/c44FEdTarOGxvjW8EJFO)