Hoot Originals and Taxes
We are required to collect and remit sales tax in a number of jurisdictions.
Last updated: April 30, 2024
Taxes are an important part of functional society. Where our products are taxable, we collect and remit consumption tax to governments at the local, state, and/or federal levels. If your billing address is in one of the following jurisdictions, you’ll see an additional line item on your invoice for sales tax or VAT. The subscription prices on our product websites are all exclusive of sales tax and VAT.
The tax rate and rules are determined by each jurisdiction and sometimes vary by whether you are using our products for business/commercial or personal purposes. As regulations change, we will update this list.
Jurisdictions we collect and remit taxes for
Within the US
We collect sales tax from PixelPaper, XformMedia and FillForMe customers based in:
- Alaska (only certain jurisdictions charge sales tax)
- Arizona
- Chicago (Illinois)
- Connecticut
- District of Columbia
- Hawaii
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Massachusetts
- New Mexico
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Washington
- West Virginia
Each US state has their own sales tax exemption rules. If your organization is tax-exempt, please share your state-specific tax exemption documentation with us. Because not all US federal exemptions are recognized by each state, an IRS tax exemption letter is not enough.
Within the EU
We collect VAT on any direct-to-consumer sales to EU-based customers.
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Italy
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Sweden
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- United Kingdom
Within Canada
We collect GST/HST (and PST where applicable) on sales to Canadian customers based in:
- Alberta
- British Columbia (+ PST)
- Manitoba
- New Brunswick
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Northwest Territories
- Nova Scotia
- Nunavut
- Ontario
- Prince Edward Island
- Quebec
- Saskatchewan
- Yukon
Updating your billing address
If you need to change your billing information because you don’t actually reside in a taxable jurisdiction, you can easily handle that within your accounts. You may need to re-enter your credit card information as part of the billing address update. You can do this by clicking your profile menu, selecting "Organizations", then clicking on the relevant organization to load the "Billing" page.
We’re here to help
Please contact our Support team if you have trouble or if:
- you believe you’re being charged in error.
- your organization is tax exempt or has a VAT identification number. Alongside your tax exempt certification or VAT identification number, please include your email address, orgnization name or domain when you email us.
- you have any additional questions.