DigitalOcean charges state and city sales tax as required in the United States of America.
To ensure compliance with the requirements of the United States as it pertains to the taxability of our services, we charge sales tax as required in the following cities, states, and territories:
| Location | State Tax Rate | Local Tax Rate Range | Charged Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 5.6% | 0% - 6.5% | July 2020 |
| Boulder, Colorado | N/A | 3.86% | April 2022 (SaaS products only) |
| Chicago, Illinois | N/A | 9% | April 2022 |
| Colorado Springs, Colorado | N/A | 3.07% | April 2022 (SaaS products only) |
| Connecticut | 1% | N/A | November 2019 |
| Denver, Colorado | N/A | 4.81% | January 2022 (SaaS products only) |
| Englewood, Colorado | N/A | 3.8% | April 2022 (SaaS products only) |
| Fort Collins, Colorado | N/A | 4.35% | January 2024 |
| Hawaii | 4% | 0% - 0.5% | July 2020 |
| Iowa | 6% | 0% - 2% | January 2022 (SaaS products only) |
| Maryland | 6% | N/A | January 2022 (SaaS products only) |
| Massachusetts | 6.25% | N/A | January 2022 (SaaS products only) |
| New Mexico | 4.875% | 0% - 1.25% | November 2019 |
| New York | 4% | 3% - 4.875% | July 2020 (SaaS and PaaS products only) |
| Ohio | 5.75% | 0.75% - 2.25% | November 2019 |
| Pennsylvania | 6% | 1% - 2% | July 2020 |
| Puerto Rico | 11.5% | N/A | January 2022 |
| Rhode Island | 7% | N/A | January 2022 |
| South Carolina | 6% | 0% - 3% | January 2022 (SaaS products only) |
| South Dakota | 4.2% | 0% - 2% | November 2019 |
| Tennessee | 7% | 0% - 3% | January 2022 (SaaS products only) |
| Texas | 6.25% | 0% - 2% | November 2019 |
| Utah | 4.7% | 0% - 4% | January 2022 (SaaS products only) |
| Washington | 6.5% | 0% - 4% | July 2020 |
| Washington D.C. | 6% | N/A | November 2019 |
| West Virginia | 6% | 0% - 1% | July 2020 |
If we are required to apply taxes based on your team’s tax location, you can submit a tax exemption certificate from the billing page. Under Billing Settings, in the Tax Exemption section, click Add Exemption Form.
In the window that opens, confirm or update your company name, then click Continue to Ryan ControlPoint. Ryan ControlPoint is a third party we partner with to manage tax exemption requests. On their site, you can fill out or upload an exemption certificate. After you submit your exemption certificate, the tax exempt status in Tax Exemption section changes to Not Exempt - forms pending review.
We review requests each billing cycle. Once we review your request, we send an email to the address on file and update the status again. It lists Exempt if we approve the request and Not Exempt with a reason (like expired forms or incorrect location) if we cannot.
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.