> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://spark.laravel.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Taxes

> Learn how to handle taxes in your Spark Stripe application.

Spark may be configured to calculate and apply European Union VAT tax to subscriptions.

<Note>
  When creating prices in Stripe, you should **disable** the "Include tax in price" option so the proper tax rates can be added by Spark.
</Note>

To get started, you should uncomment the `Features::euVatCollection()` line within your application's `config/spark.php` configuration file. The value provided for the `home-country` option should be the two-character country code corresponding to the country where your business is located:

```php theme={null}
use Spark\Features;

'features' => [
    Features::euVatCollection(['home-country' => 'BE']),
],
```

Once you have completed these steps, Spark will automatically gather customer billing address information as well as VAT Number and apply the correct VAT based on the customer's location.

<Note>
  Spark does not currently support Stripe Tax. You should disable Stripe Tax via your Stripe dashboard when using Spark.
</Note>

<Warning>
  UK VAT is no longer supported in Spark. For more information, see the [VAT calculator documentation](https://github.com/driesvints/vat-calculator?tab=readme-ov-file#uk-vat-numbers).
</Warning>