Taxes Release Notes

May 2025

1 May

• To comply with the South African Parliament’s 2025 fiscal policies, the VAT rate for customers in South Africa has increased from 15% to 15.5%. Learn more about taxes in South Africa.

April 2025

1 April

• To comply with the Government of Nova Scotia’s 2024-25 budget, the HST rate for customers in Nova Scotia has decreased from 15% to 14% HST. Learn more about taxes in Canada.

• To comply with the Tax Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan, we now charge a 12% VAT for customers in Uzbekistan. Learn more about Uzbekistan taxes.

January 2025

9 January

• The Personal Property Lease Transaction Tax for Chicago, Illinois has increased from 9% to 11%. Learn more about USA taxes.

1 January

• Customers in India are no longer required to withhold tax on DigitalOcean cloud computing services, so TDS is no longer applicable. We no longer accept Form 16A or other documentation to issue TSD credits. Learn more about taxes in India.

• To comply with the requirements from the Slovak Republic government, the VAT rate for Slovakia has increased from 20% to 23%. Learn more about EU taxes.

• To comply with Decision No. 178-N released by the Government of the Republic of Armenia, we now charge a 20% VAT for customers in Armenia. Learn more about Armenia taxes.

• Sales tax in Denver, Colorado has increased from 4.81% to 5.15%. Learn more about USA taxes.

• To comply with Circular No. 80/2021/TT-BTC issued by Vietnam’s Ministry of Finance, we now charge a 5% VAT for customers in Vietnam. Learn more about Vietnam taxes.

September 2024

1 September

• Tax collection for Finland has begun. Learn more about taxes in Finland.

August 2024

1 August

• Tax collection for Laos has begun. Learn more about taxes in Laos.

March 2024

1 March

• The SST rate for Malaysia has increased from 6% to 8%. Learn more about Malaysia taxes.

January 2024

1 January

• The tax rate for customers in Estonia has increased from 20% to 22%. Learn more about tax in Estonia.

• The GST rate for Singapore has increased from 8% to 9% in accordance with Budget 2022 from the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS). Learn more about Singapore taxes.

• The VAT rate for Switzerland and Liechtenstein has increased from 7.7% to 8.1% in accordance with the Federal Tax Administration of Switzerland (FTA)’s amendment to the AHV Act. Learn more about Switzerland and Liechtenstein taxes.

October 2023

1 October

• Tax collection for Egypt has begun. Learn more about taxes in Egypt.

July 2023

7 July

• The VAT rate for Turkey has increased from 18% to 20% in accordance with Presidential Decree No. 7346 published in the Official Gazette on 7 July 2023. Learn more about tax in Turkey.

1 July

• New Mexico’s Gross Receipts Tax has been reduced to 4.875% from 5.125%. Learn more about tax in the United States of America.

• South Dakota’s Retail Sales and Use Tax has reduced from 4.5% to 4.2%. Learn more about tax in the United States of America.

• Tax collection for Tanzania has begun. Learn more about Tanzania taxes.

June 2023

1 June

• Tax collection for Indonesia has begun. Learn more about taxes in Indonesia.

• Tax collection for IaaS and PaaS services has begun for customers in Rhode Island. Learn more about United States of America taxes.

January 2023

1 January

• The tax rate for Englewood, Colorado in the United States of America has increased from 3.5% to 3.8%. Learn more about USA taxes.

• The Luxembourg Tax Authorities (LTA) temporarily decreased the VAT rate from 17% to 16%. We have begun charging the adjusted VAT rate to private individuals (B2C sales) located in Luxembourg, which will be visible on invoices issues on 1 February 2023. Learn more about EU taxes.

• The Goods and Services Tax (GST) rate for Singapore has increased from 7% to 8%. Learn more about Singapore taxes.

October 2022

1 October

• Tax collection for Kazakhstan has begun. Learn more about taxes in Kazakhstan.

September 2022

1 September

• To comply with Kenya’s Revenue Authority amendments in Finance Act 2022, we now charge VAT to B2B and B2C customers in Kenya. Learn more about Kenya taxes.

• Tax collection for Liechtenstein has begun. Learn more about taxes for Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

August 2022

1 August

• Tax collection for Cambodia has begun. Learn more about Cambodia taxes.

July 2022

1 July

• Taxes for New Mexico in the United States of America have decreased to 5%. Learn more about taxes in the United States of America.

• Tax collection for Nigeria has begun. Learn more about Nigeria taxes..

April 2022

1 April

• Tax collection has begun for several cities in the United States: Boulder, Colorado Springs, Englewood, and Fort Collins in Colorado, and Chicago in Illinois. Learn more about United States of America taxes.

February 2022

1 February

• Tax collection for Ukraine has begun. Learn more about Ukraine taxes.

January 2022

21 January

• Tax collection for Puerto Rico has begun. Learn more about Puerto Rico taxes.

1 January

• Tax collection for several states and cities in the United States of America has begun. Charges will appear on the February invoice. Learn more about USA taxes.

October 2021

1 October

• Tax collection for Georgia has begun. Charges will appear on the November invoice. Learn more about tax for Georgia.

• Tax collection for Japan has begun. Charges will appear on the November invoice.

September 2021

1 September

• We have begun charging a 7% Value Added Tax (VAT) to customers in Thailand. This VAT rate is temporarily reduced until 30 September 2021. Unless the TRD extends the temporary reduction, the rate will increase back to the standard VAT rate of 10% on 1 October 2021.

April 2021

1 April

• To comply with new provincial requirements in Canada, we are now collecting Provincial Sales Tax (PST) at a rate of 7% for customers in British Columbia and 6% in Saskatchewan. For more details, see Canada tax information.

• Tax collection for Kenya has begun. Charges will appear on the May invoice.

January 2021

1 January

• In response to the United Kingdom departing as a member state of the European Union, DigitalOcean has obtained a standalone UK VAT ID and continued charging and collecting VAT at a rate of 20% on its business-to-consumer sales in the UK. Business customers with a valid UK VAT ID are subject to the reverse charge mechanism.

July 2020

1 July

• Tax collection for Saudi Arabia has begun. Charges will appear on the August invoice.

• State tax collection for Arizona, Hawaii, New York, Pennsylvania, Washington, and West Virginia has begun. Charges will appear on the August invoice. Learn more about tax for the United States of America.

June 2020

1 June

• Tax collection for Chile has begun. Charges will appear on the July invoice. Learn more about tax for Chile.

March 2020

21 March

• Business customers in Iceland can now enter their VAT IDs on the billing page. This removes tax charges on future invoices. Learn more about Iceland taxes.

1 March

• Tax collection for Iceland has begun. Charges will appear on the April invoice.

January 2020

1 January

• Tax collection for Malaysia has begun.

• Tax collection for Singapore has begun.

December 2019

1 December

• Tax collection for Belarus has begun. Charges will appear on the January invoice.

November 2019

1 November

• State tax collection for the United States of America has begun. Charges will appear on the December invoice.

September 2019

1 September

• Value Added Tax (VAT) collection for South Korea and Quebec Sales Tax (QST) collection for Quebec, Canada have begun. Charges will appear on the October invoice.

August 2019

23 August

• Users can now specify an account address within their Billing Settings. We use this address to determine tax location, and we use this address on invoices. Learn more about tax locations.

May 2019

1 May

• Value Added Tax (VAT) collection for Norway, South Africa, and the United Arab Emirates and Good and Services Tax (GST) collection for New Zealand have begun. Charges will appear on the June invoice.

January 2019

1 January

• Value Added Tax (VAT) collection for Russia has begun. Charges will appear on the February 1 invoice.

November 2018

1 November

• Value Added Tax (VAT) collection for Switzerland and Turkey has begun. Charges will appear on the December invoice.