What about taxes?

Starting January 1st, 2022, the United Kingdom will be enforcing stricter customs controls as a result of Brexit. Orders that are shipped to the United Kingdom may result in order disruptions and fines if customs forms are incorrectly filled out. Please consult with your local postal service for recommendations on how to proceed and prepare.

Bandcamp is responsible for calculating, collecting, and remitting sales taxes (including VAT, US state sales tax, GST, or other sales taxes as applicable) for certain transactions in the following countries and US states, based on the relevant territory’s tax rules for digital and merchandise sales. Bandcamp automatically determines your buyer’s location and, when appropriate, adds the proper amount of tax to the transaction, and this will be noted in your seller receipts and sales report.

Countries

Note: EU and UK taxes on physical items are not applicable if both seller and buyer are located in the same territory.

US State Taxes

Details

For digital items, the applicable sales tax will be applied at checkout, and Bandcamp will collect and remit the taxable amounts directly to the appropriate tax authorities. 

For physical items, the applicable sales tax will be applied at checkout for merch sold by artists or labels using Enhanced Payments (where Bandcamp serves as the payment processor), and Bandcamp will collect and remit the taxable amounts directly to the appropriate tax authorities. Items entering the EU or UK will require Bandcamp's relevant tax IDs to clear customs. These IDs can be found in your seller receipt, or in your packing slips–located within the "print label" tool on your Merch Orders page.

For artists or labels using Standard Payments (where Bandcamp does not serve as the payment processor, and the payment from the fan is made directly to the artist’s PayPal account), the artist or label is responsible for processing any applicable taxes or customs related to the sale of merch.

In all other territories, it is your responsibility to collect and remit the appropriate taxes to the relevant tax authority. We recommend that you consult your personal tax advisor regarding the best approach.