An update on sales tax/VAT/GST

Hi everyone,

I wanted to give you a heads up about a small change to required tax on pledges. Patreon already adds sales tax/VAT/GST to pledges from patrons in most US states and several other countries—anywhere that’s required by law. They’re now required to start adding tax in a few new places: Canada (other than Quebec where Patreon already charges QST), Thailand, Florida, and Kansas.  If you live in one of those places, you should see a small amount of tax added to your pledge starting July 15th for per post, and August 1st for monthly.

If you have questions, you should be able to find answers here. If you still have questions, the best place to get an answer is from Patreon’s customer support team, here.

*Update 7.27.21

Patreon emailed creators with a correction stating the following:  
Our email said that the GST rate we’ll charge is 5% across Canada, other than Quebec where the QST rate is 9.975%. We wanted to clarify that the 5% federal GST rate applies in addition to any local/provincial taxes. So for example, patrons in Quebec may be charged up to 14.975% tax (federal GST of 5% plus Quebec QST of 9.975%). In some provinces, the combined federal and local tax is called HST, or Harmonized Sales Tax.  

To see a list of provinces in Canada and their local tax rates, click here. For more on sales tax on Patreon, click here. If you have additional questions, send us a note here.


Thank you for all of your support,

Have a great weekend,

Cliff