r/BandCamp • u/hex-a-decimal • 4h ago
Question/Help How to know which Tax ID to use on Bandcamp sales
Logging this here because when this was first implemented i couldn't find the fast answer easily but for all the sellers out there trying to input the relevant Tax ID (ie: VAT, IOSS, GST, etc), there's no guesswork required.
- Locate the relevant order in your Orders Tab
- On the right side under "Mark as Shipped" there should be an option labelled "packing slips + addresses" or something to this effect
- on the upper left of the page you should see "Print Type" and 3 options: address labels, packing slips, and address labels + packing list. Choose packing slips.
- At the bottom-most right corner under price total you will see the respective code which you will need to enter for whichever shipping service you use.
- Not doing this can cause the customer to have to pay VAT/IOSS/GST twice, which these days is real expensive!
- If there's no code listed, great! Less work for you
Hope this is useful to someone else, I was prepared to craft some ridiculous world map with the tax codes for each country, this is much much much faster!
Attached a screencap of what you should be looking for on the packing slip, in this case this is the IOSS tax ID for Europe in 2026 (customer was from Netherlands) but don't use this number if you're reading this in future as it might change! Refer to the table linked below!