As of 1 November 2018, DigitalOcean charges a 8.1% Value Added Tax (VAT) to customers with a tax location in Switzerland.
As of 1 September 2022, we also apply the same tax to customers in Liechtenstein.
This complies with the 1 January 2018 requirement from the Government of Switzerland for sales of digital services by foreign suppliers obliged to register for VAT to collect the relevant VAT on all sales to customers located in Switzerland at the standard VAT rate of 8.1%.
Your tax location is typically based on your account address, which is initially set to the payment address of your primary payment method when you sign up. In some locations, we are required by law to consider other account details, like other payment addresses or IP addresses.
You can update your account address and view your account's tax location and rate at any time on the Billing page's Settings tab. If you've set your account address correctly but your account's tax location is not what you expect, contact support for help.
USD is the only currency we accept for payments, so all invoices are in USD. We cannot provide invoices in other currencies. Learn more about invoices.