Tax of Record

Sell more abroad. Outpost is liable for the tax.

Outpost becomes the taxpayer on your sales abroad, so you spend less time on tax and more time selling. We calculate the right sales tax on each sale, file and remit it, and answer the tax office, all as the taxpayer for the sales we cover.

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Grow abroad with Outpost as your taxpayer.

Outpost is the taxpayer on your sales abroad. We calculate the sales tax, VAT or GST on each sale, file the returns and pay the tax office, so your team stays focused on selling.

Protect your business from tax risk

List of countries with their tax filing status and sales volume

Outpost takes on the tax liability for your sales abroad

Hand over the liability, not just the work

Tools and advisers take on the work. With Outpost, the liability moves too: on the sales we cover, Outpost is the taxpayer.

Audits answered for you

If the tax office contacts us about those sales, we answer, so audits don’t land on your team.

Protect your valuation from hidden tax

Outpost is liable for the sales tax, so hidden tax doesn’t cut your valuation at the next round.

Streamline tax compliance

Taxes dashboard with upcoming calculations and reports by country, and the countries where calculation, filing and remittance are active

Get the tax work done without growing the team

We handle the sales tax, VAT, and GST on the sales we cover:

  • Thresholds monitored for you
  • The right tax calculated on each sale
  • Returns filed and tax remitted on each tax office’s schedule
  • New tax rules tracked as they change

Grow with the team you have

Work with one partner instead of an adviser in each country. We handle the tax work on those sales, so you get specialist coverage without hiring tax specialists.

Set-up

The tax office deals with us, not you.

You keep selling directly to your customers, exactly as today. On the sales we cover, Outpost is the taxpayer the tax office deals with.

Scheme

  1. Merchant to Customer: you sell directly to customers
  2. Customer to Merchant: you collect payments
  3. Merchant to Outpost: one API call per sale: we calculate the tax
  4. Outpost to Tax Authorities: we file and remit the tax, and take on the tax liability

Want more payments approved too? Merchant of Record adds local payments, with Outpost as the legal reseller.

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Built for growth. Proven where it’s hardest.

  • Outpost is the taxpayer on those sales, not us. When a tax office writes, it goes to them, and my team gets on with its work.

    Head of TaxB2B software

  • We used to pay an adviser in every country. Now one partner files and remits the tax, and the deadlines stop landing on my desk.

    CFOConsumer subscription app

  • We started selling in a new country from the first sale. Tax used to hold up every launch. Now it doesn’t come up in the planning.

    Founder and CEOEdtech platform

  • The integration was one API call. Our checkout and our payment provider stayed exactly as they were.

    Head of EngineeringMobile games studio

  • We stayed the seller and kept our checkout. Outpost took on the tax, and nothing changed for our customers.

    Head of PaymentsOnline marketplace

  • Investors asked about our tax exposure abroad. On the sales Outpost covers, Outpost is liable, so the answer was short.

    CEOSaaS company

FAQ

What is tax of record?

Outpost becomes the taxpayer of record for the sales we cover. You keep selling to your customers as you do today, and the tax office deals with us on those sales.

How is this different from merchant of record?

With tax of record, you stay the seller and keep your checkout, and Outpost becomes the taxpayer on those sales. With merchant of record, Outpost acts as the legal reseller, so your payments are treated as domestic and are more likely to be approved.

How is this different from tax software?

Tax software calculates the rate, and you remain the taxpayer. With Outpost, we file and remit the tax and are liable for it on the sales we cover.

Do I need to change my payment provider or checkout?

No. You keep your payment provider, orchestrator, and checkout, and connect with one call to our API.

Who collects the tax from my customers?

You do, through your own checkout, using the amount our API returns. We then file and remit it.

Who is liable for the tax on these sales?

Outpost. We’re the taxpayer on the sales we cover, so the filings and liability sit with us. Your home-country tax duties stay yours.

What about tax I owe from before?

Our liability starts from your next sale on the sales we cover. Talk to us about your situation.

Which countries do you cover?

Outpost is present in the UK, EU, LATAM, USA, and APAC markets. We can help you expand to any of these regions with full compliance and liability coverage.

How much does it cost?

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Wherever you’re going, we’re already there.

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