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Add tax to your event and enable tax invoices

To collect tax on your event, go to "Payments & Tax" and choose “Tax”. Enter your tax identification number and customise your tax settings. Depending upon your event location, you may be required to charge tax based on regulations in your area. Consult a tax professional if you have questions about your tax obligations. Eventbrite is unable to offer tax advice.

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  • Check this before you start.
  • 1. Go to your Event Dashboard.
  • 2. Go to "Tax" (under "Payments & tax")
  • 3. Select the option that confirms you need to charge tax.
  • 4. Enter your tax information.
  • 5. Choose optional settings.
  • 6. Save your changes.
  • 7. Check the tax on your tickets.
  • 8. View your collected tax.

Check this before you start.

☑️ You’re responsible for assessing your tax obligations. You’re responsible for remitting these taxes to the respective tax authorities. The tax collected will be included in your payout.

☑️ If you have any questions about your tax obligations, consult a tax professional. Eventbrite can't give tax advice.

☑️ To add tax to your event, you need to create at least one paid ticket type.

☑️ Tax settings are based on the payout country and event location.

☑️ You must provide a tax identification number to collect tax. 

1. Go to your Event Dashboard.

Go to Manage my events in your account. Then select your event.

2. Go to "Tax" (under "Payments & tax")

3. Select the option that confirms you need to charge tax.

In some regions, you'll need to confirm you have a business tax ID to charge tax.

4. Enter your tax information.

Enter your tax details:

  • Country: country where you are registered to collect tax

  • Tax identification number: number assigned to your business for tax purposes (may have a different name based on region)

  • Tax name: ticket buyers will see tax name during checkout, on the PDF ticket, on the order confirmation email, and on the tax invoice (if enabled)

  • Tax rate: the percentage you want to charge for tax

You can only charge one tax per event. If you're unsure what to charge, consult a taxpayer professional.

5. Choose optional settings.

Customise your tax settings in the following ways:

  • Apply your tax to specific tickets — By default, any tax settings will apply to all tickets and add-ons. Un-check Applies to all tickets to select specific ticket types or add-ons.

  • Absorb the tax — By default, attendees pay any tax on top of their sale. Check Absorb tax to cover the tax from your sales.

  • Exclude countries — Choose to disable VAT for certain countries. (Europe only)

  • Enable tax invoices — Include tax receipts with purchase.

If you enable tax invoices, you'll also need to enter in the business information you want on the invoice. During registration, attendees will enter in their relevant information for the invoice.

Invoices are attached to the confirmation email. Attendees can also access their invoice in their Eventbrite account.

6. Save your changes.

7. Check the tax on your tickets.

To understand how taxes will or won't affect your event, review your ticket settings:

  1. Go to Tickets.

  2. Select a paid ticket type.

  3. Click View details

    • Ticket revenue is the net sales per sale (after removing fees and taxes).

    • Tax you collected is the total tax collected per sale.

Ticket revenue and Tax you collected will be included in your payout.

NOTE: If you use PayPal as your payment processor, the gross sales will be sent to your PayPal account. You'll then receive an invoice for the Eventbrite fees. Learn more.

8. View your collected tax.

Once you've sold tickets, review your collected tax in the following reports:

  • Event reports — Enable "Tax paid" to see tax per ticket.

  • Order report — See tax collected per order.

  • Payout summary — See tax sent in your payouts. Tax you collected will appear as a separate line item (Eventbrite Payment Processing only).

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