Overview
Tax rates in the platform are preconfigured with default values for all EU countries based on current tax laws and regulations. These defaults are regularly updated to ensure compliance.
All information provided without guarantee!
The default values do not constitute tax advice. For specific tax questions, please consult your tax office.
How Tax Rates Work
Tax rates are organized by tax types, which you assign at the offer level. For more information on how they are applied on an invoice, go to Frisbii Media Tax Handling on Invoices.
⚠️ Important Considerations
Non-EU Countries
Frisbii Media only provides tax rates for EU countries.
For non-EU sales:
Invoices are generated without VAT and show only the gross price
You are responsible for understanding applicable tax requirements
Check with your payment service provider whether they support monetary settlement in non-EU countries
Special Territory Considerations
Some territories have different tax rates than their mainland country (e.g., Spanish islands). Frisbii Media does not differentiate between islands and mainland—the mainland tax rate applies for the entire country.
Managing Tax Rates
Manual Edits Override All Automation
If you manually edit tax rates for any country, you assume full responsibility for maintaining all tax rates across all countries. Frisbii Media's automatic updates will no longer apply. This means:
You must independently maintain tax rates for every country going forward
You must monitor and implement any tax rate changes yourself
Proper maintenance is essential for accurate accounting
View or Edit Tax Rates and Tax Types
Open Settings → Financial → Tax Rates and Delivery Thresholds.
In the action bar, click on Edit.
Select the country using the drop-down menu.
For changing tax rates:
Click on the arrow to expand the details.
Click on + to add new tax rates.
For assigning tax rates to the tax type:
Click on the arrow to expand the details.
Click on + to assign the tax rate defined above to the tax type.
Assign Tax Types to the Offer
Open Products → Offers.
Click on +Create an Offer.
Choose the offer type you want to create.
For subscriptions:
In the Products tab, add a product.
In the Accounting and Taxes box, select the applicable tax type which should be applied to the product.
For single products:
In the Accounting and Taxes box, select the applicable tax type which should be applied to the product.
Tax Types Definition
As a technical service provider, we are not authorized to provide individual tax advice.
For tax assessment and classification, we strongly recommend consulting a tax advisor.
Tax Type | Probable meaning/typical usage |
|---|---|
Advertisement | Advertising services or ad space, such as banner ads, sponsored content, or print ads |
Book | Traditional books or book-like publications, such as novels, nonfiction books, or printed reference works |
Digital newspaper | Digital publications containing current news, such as the PDF version of a local daily newspaper or an e-paper |
Digital offer | General digital content that is not of a journalistic or literary nature, such as a PDF with no news value, sewing patterns, digital templates, or downloads |
Digital product | Premium or Plus digital content, such as Plus products, exclusive sections, or paid digital add-ons |
Donation | Voluntary payments made without direct consideration, such as donations from supporters or grants |
Download | Downloadable digital content, such as PDF files, ZIP downloads, white papers, or templates |
eBook | Electronic books, such as EPUB or PDF books for e-readers |
Event | Events or tickets, such as conferences, webinars, seminars, or livestream events |
Fee | Additional or service fees, such as processing fees or platform fees |
Magazine | Periodicals or magazines, such as a general-interest magazine, a trade journal, or a periodical |
Membership | Recurring memberships or subscriptions, such as reader memberships, club memberships, or supporter subscriptions |
Music | Digital music services, such as music downloads, audio streaming, or individual tracks |
Newspaper | Printed newspapers containing news, such as the local daily newspaper |
Non digital product | Physical or tangible goods, such as merchandise, books, hardware, or other items shipped |
Video | Digital video content, such as streaming videos, video-on-demand, or instructional videos |
Voucher | Gift certificates or vouchers for future redemption, such as gift cards or store credit |
Frisbii Media Tax Handling on Invoices
This table shows an overview on what is displayed on the invoices when your company is based in the EU.
Important
Which tax rate is displayed depends on the tax type you have assigned to the offer.
We only maintain EU tax rates in the Merchant Backend, therefore, we cannot display third countries’ tax rates on the invoices.
If you sell to EU countries, make sure to maintain the delivery threshold settings in the Merchant Backend for OSS.
Company’s country | EU | Third Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
B2C digital | gross price (net price + tax rate of company’s country) | If delivery thresholds are maintained in Merchant Backend: below 10.000 €:
over 10.000 €:
| Only gross price is displayed (the price defined in the price sheet) |
B2C analog | gross price (net price + tax rate of company’s country) | If delivery thresholds are maintained in Merchant Backend: below 10.000 €:
over 10.000 €:
| Only gross price is displayed (the price defined in the price sheet) |
B2B digital | gross price (net price + tax rate of company’s country) |
| Only gross price is displayed (the price defined in the price sheet) |
B2B analog | gross price (net price + tax rate of company’s country) |
| Only gross price is displayed (the price defined in the price sheet) |