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# Taxes

Manage tax calculation, compliance, and reporting in Recurly — from sales tax and VAT to tax-inclusive pricing, location validation, and taxable address control.

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  <div class="rp-overview">Recurly's tax tools handle the complexity of global tax compliance — automatically calculating and applying the right taxes for each transaction, validating customer locations, and supporting EU VAT requirements. Configure once and let Recurly keep your billing tax-accurate across every market you operate in.</div>
  <div class="rp-plan"><i class="fa-solid fa-key" aria-hidden="true"></i> Available on all Recurly plans</div>
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    <a class="rp-toc-pill" href="#definition"><span class="rp-toc-num">1</span>Definition</a>
    <a class="rp-toc-pill" href="#key-details"><span class="rp-toc-num">2</span>Key details</a>
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# Definition

<div class="rp-definition">Taxes are mandatory charges applied to goods, services, and income — and in global ecommerce, staying compliant across jurisdictions is non-trivial. Recurly's tax tools calculate, apply, and manage taxes automatically, so your billing stays accurate and compliant whether you're selling locally or internationally.</div>

# Key details

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  <Card title="Taxable address control" href="https://docs.recurly.com/docs/tax#determining-taxable-addresses" target="_blank">
    Control which addresses from each invoice are sent to your tax service for calculation, based on the tax settings configured on each of your business entities.
  </Card>
  <Card title="Sales taxes" href="https://docs.recurly.com/docs/tax" target="_blank">
    Automatically calculate and apply the appropriate sales tax to transactions based on customer location and your tax configuration.
  </Card>
  <Card title="Tax-inclusive pricing" href="#">
    Offer pricing that already includes tax, giving customers a clear, all-in price at checkout without surprises at payment.
  </Card>
  <Card title="Tax location validation" href="https://docs.recurly.com/docs/tax-location-validation" target="_blank">
    Verify customer locations before applying tax to ensure the correct rates are used and reduce the risk of miscalculation.
  </Card>
  <Card title="European Union VAT" href="https://docs.recurly.com/docs/eu-vat-2015" target="_blank">
    Handle EU VAT requirements — including reverse charge rules, country-specific sequencing, and VAT number validation — for customers across EU member states.
  </Card>
</Cards>
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# Sub pages

* [Sales taxes](https://docs.recurly.com/recurly-subscriptions/docs/tax.md)
* [Tax location validation](https://docs.recurly.com/recurly-subscriptions/docs/tax-location-validation.md)
* [VAT & GST support](https://docs.recurly.com/recurly-subscriptions/docs/vat-gst-support.md)
* [European Union VAT](https://docs.recurly.com/recurly-subscriptions/docs/eu-vat-2015.md)
* [VAT number/Tax ID number validation](https://docs.recurly.com/recurly-subscriptions/docs/vat-number-validation.md)

# Sibling pages

* [Overview: Recurring billing](https://docs.recurly.com/recurly-subscriptions/docs/overview-2.md)
* [Invoices](https://docs.recurly.com/recurly-subscriptions/docs/invoices-1.md)
* [Invoice configuration](https://docs.recurly.com/recurly-subscriptions/docs/invoice-configuration.md)
* [Billing preferences](https://docs.recurly.com/recurly-subscriptions/docs/billing-preferences.md)