If you're required to collect VAT, GST, or sales tax on what you sell, easyboard can add it at checkout: either automatically via Stripe Tax, or as a single fixed rate you set. You can also ask business buyers for their VAT or tax ID, which enables EU B2B reverse charge. This guide walks the whole Tax page. (Whether you must collect tax, and where, is a question for your accountant; easyboard applies the rules you configure.)
Before you start
Tax is applied to purchases charged through your connected Stripe account, so connect Stripe first: Connect Stripe to get paid. With the collect-tax switch off (the default), buyers are simply charged the product price and nothing else; nothing on this page has any effect until you enable it.
Open the Tax page
At the bottom of the sidebar, click Settings.
In the Settings hub, open the Tax card ("Collect tax on paid postings").
Turn on tax collection
Switch on Collect tax ("Add tax to end-user purchases (job postings, resume credits, and other products)").
The form expands with a Calculation method dropdown offering Stripe Tax (automatic) or Fixed rate, plus a Tax behavior setting. Configure them as described below.
Click Save changes. You'll see a "Tax settings saved" confirmation.
Option 1: Stripe Tax (automatic)
Stripe Tax calculates the right tax at checkout based on the buyer's location and your registrations, which is the correct choice when you sell across borders and rates vary per buyer. It runs on your connected Stripe account, so the setup lives partly in Stripe:
Set Calculation method to Stripe Tax (automatic).
Read the status box that appears under the field. It reflects the live state of Stripe Tax on your account:
If no Stripe account is connected, it points you to the Payment platform page first.
If Stripe Tax isn't set up in your Stripe account yet, it warns that no tax will be collected and links Set it up in Stripe, listing any fields Stripe still needs (for example a head office address).
If Stripe Tax is configured but you have no active tax registrations, it warns again and links Add a registration in Stripe: you need one registration per jurisdiction where you're registered to collect.
When everything is ready you get a green confirmation: "Stripe Tax is active with at least one registration. Tax is calculated automatically at checkout based on the buyer's location."
After fixing anything on the Stripe side, come back and click the small refresh button on the status box (Re-check Stripe Tax status) to verify without reloading the page.
Click Save changes.
You can save the setting even while the status box still shows a warning, but no tax is collected until Stripe Tax is genuinely active, so treat the green state as the finish line.
Option 2: a fixed rate
If all your buyers are effectively in one jurisdiction, a flat rate is simpler:
Set Calculation method to Fixed rate.
Enter the Tax rate as a percentage, for example 19 or 6.5. This single flat rate is applied to every taxable purchase, regardless of where the buyer is. The field is required for this method; you can't save a fixed-rate setup without it.
Click Save changes.
Inclusive or exclusive pricing
The Tax behavior dropdown decides how the tax relates to your product prices:
Exclusive - added on top of price: a 100 product with 19% tax charges the buyer 119. Common for B2B pricing in the US style.
Inclusive - included in price: the buyer pays exactly the listed 100, of which the tax portion is carved out on the invoice. Common for consumer-style pricing in the EU.
Pick one deliberately and keep it consistent with how the prices on your pricing page are meant to read.
Collect VAT and tax IDs
The last switch, Request VAT / tax ID, works independently of everything above (it is available even while Collect tax is off). When enabled, business buyers are asked for their VAT or tax ID at checkout; Stripe validates the ID, prints it on the invoice, and applies EU B2B reverse charge where it applies, meaning a valid EU business buyer outside your country is charged without VAT and the invoice carries the reverse-charge note. If your buyers are companies (they usually are, on a job board), turn this on: it saves you invoice corrections later. Then click Save changes and confirm you see "Tax settings saved". Collected tax shows up in the amounts on your Orders ledger and in your Stripe reporting, which is where you'll file from.