Skip to main content

Who handles sales tax and VAT?

Where the tax obligation on fan transactions sits, what EVEN's percentage already includes, and why customs duties are the one exception.

Written by Andrea Torres

EVEN handles sales tax and VAT globally, as merchant of record. There is nothing for your team to file on fan transactions.

Why it works that way

Because EVEN is the seller of record to the fan, the tax obligation on each fan transaction sits with EVEN rather than with the artist or the label. That is what makes selling into 195 countries in a release week a commercial decision rather than a tax registration exercise.

What is included in the percentage

Global sales tax is covered inside EVEN's percentage, along with payment processing, currency conversion, publishing, and fan support. It is not deducted a second time or billed separately at the end of the campaign.

Customs duties are different

Duties and import fees on international physical orders are set by the destination country and sit with the fan, unless the campaign chooses to price them in. This is the one tax-adjacent cost that is not covered, and it is worth being explicit about it in fan-facing copy so nobody is surprised at the door.

Your own accounting

Your finance team still books the revenue that reaches you. The audit-firm accounting memo covering the merchant-of-record structure is what they will need for that, and your EVEN team can provide it during setup.

Did this answer your question?