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Successful creators use Quaderno to manage sales tax

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  • Peter Akkies
  • FujiLove
  • Sax School

Stop losing creative time to global tax compliance

You started your business to teach, create, coach, write, design, or build a community — not to decode VAT rules, sales tax thresholds, and tax invoices for every country you sell to.

Quaderno helps digital creators automate global tax compliance, so you can keep selling internationally with more confidence and less admin.

  1. Tax registrations done for you

    Quaderno monitors US economic nexus, VAT & GST thresholds in real time, based on your sales data. New registrations are taken care of automatically.

  2. Collect the right tax on every transaction

    Quaderno supports over 12,000 tax jurisdictions worldwide. Every sale automatically has the correct local tax rate, based on your customer's location and the product category.

  3. Automate invoices for every transaction around the globe

    Never create a manual invoice again! Quaderno saves you time and reduces stress. Our invoices always comply with local tax regulations, no matter where you sell.

  4. File tax returns effortlessly

    Quaderno Reports provide the transaction data you need to file VAT, GST, and sales tax returns seamlessly on your own. Or our filing service can do it for you automatically!

Built for course sellers and digital product businesses

Selling digital products gets complicated when your payments, course platform, invoices, tax thresholds, and reports all live in different places. Quaderno connects the pieces so creators can automate tax compliance from the first checkout to accountant-ready reporting.

  1. Calculate VAT, GST, and sales tax automatically

    Apply the right tax treatment for digital products across EU VAT, UK VAT, US sales tax, Canadian GST/HST, and other global tax jurisdictions, based on your customer's location and product type.

  2. Send compliant invoices without manual work

    Automatically generate tax-ready invoices for online courses, digital downloads, memberships, subscriptions, coaching packages, and international customers anywhere in the world.

  3. Monitor thresholds as your audience grows

    Track where your creator business is approaching VAT, GST, or sales tax registration thresholds before compliance becomes a last-minute scramble.

  4. Connect your creator sales and payment stack

    Sync sales from Stripe, PayPal, Kajabi, WooCommerce, Shopify, and other tools you already use, so every course sale, membership payment, template download, or digital product order has the tax data Quaderno needs.

  5. Give your accountant cleaner reports

    Export transaction-level tax reports that help your accountant prepare filings, reconcile sales, and understand your international tax obligations without chasing scattered data.

Trusted by digital creators and online businesses

How Malta-based Verbivore simplified tax compliance on their language learning courses with Quaderno

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Quaderno's automated invoicing has completely removed the stress involved in the selling of digital products across multiple jurisdictions. Without them, accounting would have been drastically more time consuming, expensive, and stressful. Moreover, their support team has always been incredibly helpful and supportive. I highly recommend them.

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Iona DouglasFounder, Verbivore

How Paris-based online masterclass platform MentorShow scales international tax compliance with Quaderno

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We are particularly pleased to have found in Quaderno a reliable partner for both invoicing and VAT reporting. Our rapid global expansion requires frequent registrations in new territories, and Quaderno effectively supports us in scaling internationally.

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Victoria PuyueloHead of Finance, MentorShow

How Netherlands-based Peter Akkies manages EU VAT on his productivity courses with Quaderno

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Dealing with taxes, such as EU VAT, is a major pain in the ass. I want to grow my business, not figure out what tax to charge. Fortunately, Quaderno takes care of it all for me.

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Peter AkkiesOnline Entrepreneur, Peter Akkies

Why digital creators trust Quaderno

  • Built for online businesses selling digital products, courses, memberships, templates, downloads, and subscriptions across borders.
  • Coverage for 12,000+ tax jurisdictions worldwide.
  • Supports VAT, GST, and sales tax calculation, invoicing, threshold monitoring, reporting, and registration/filing workflows where available.
  • Works with common creator payment and selling tools including Stripe, PayPal, Kajabi, WooCommerce, Shopify, and more.
  • Founded in 2014 and supported by the operational infrastructure of Visma since 2023.
  • Fully GDPR compliant, with security standards backed by the Visma Security Program.
  • Highly rated across third-party review platforms including G2, Capterra/GetApp, and Trustpilot.

Connect the platforms where creators sell

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Quaderno integrates with the tools creators use to sell courses, memberships, digital downloads, subscriptions, and online products. Connect your sales platforms, payment processors, or custom setup to keep tax calculations, invoices, tax reports, and compliance alerts up to date.

Here’s an overview of some of our most relevant platform integrations for digital creators:

Category Platform What it does
Online courses and memberships Kajabi Import course sales for tax-compliant invoices and reports.
Thinkific Sync course payments through your payment processor.
Teachable Keep course sales, invoices, and tax reports organized.
LearnWorlds Manage tax data for online learning sales.
Mighty Networks Track membership and community sales.
Digital products and storefronts WooCommerce Automate tax calculations and invoices for your store.
Shopify Centralize tax data from your creator storefront.
Easy Digital Downloads Handle VAT, GST, and sales tax for downloads.
SendOwl Manage tax compliance for digital product sales.
Payments, automation, and custom setups Stripe Add global tax reports and compliant invoices to Stripe sales.
PayPal Generate invoices and tax reports for PayPal payments.
Zapier Connect Quaderno to the rest of your creator workflow.
API and CSV import Import sales data manually or connect Quaderno to your custom setup.

Don't see your platform?

Explore all Quaderno integrations, import your sales data by CSV, or use the Quaderno API to connect your own setup.

Ready to automate tax compliance for your digital business?

Quaderno helps creators sell globally without getting stuck on VAT, GST, and sales tax admin.

FAQs about international tax compliance for digital creators

I sell online courses on Kajabi and I'm getting students from Europe. Do I need to charge them VAT, and what tool handles that?

If you sell online courses or digital products to customers in Europe, you may need to collect VAT depending on where your business is based, who your customers are, and the type of product you sell. Digital product and online course VAT rules can apply even if you are not physically located in Europe.

Quaderno helps course sellers automate this workflow by calculating the right VAT based on the customer's location, creating compliant invoices, tracking registration thresholds, and preparing the reports you or your accountant need for filing.

If you use Kajabi, Quaderno integrates with your course sales to automate tax reporting, registration, and filing worldwide, so you don't need to painfully manage VAT manually in spreadsheets.

What's the best tax software for someone selling digital courses and memberships internationally?

For creators selling digital courses, memberships, templates, or downloads internationally, the best tax software should do more than calculate tax at checkout. It should help you monitor where you may need to register, apply VAT, GST, or sales tax correctly, create compliant invoices, organize transaction data, and prepare filing-ready reports.

Quaderno is built for digital businesses that sell globally through tools like Stripe, PayPal, Kajabi, WooCommerce, Shopify, and other platforms. It helps creators automate international tax compliance anywhere in the world without hiring a full tax team or becoming tax experts themselves.

I use PayPal and Stripe to sell digital templates and downloads. Is there a simple tool that handles all the tax stuff for me globally?

Yes. Quaderno connects with Stripe and PayPal, as well as other payment processors, so you can bring all your payment data into one tax compliance workflow. It helps calculate the correct tax on digital templates, downloads, memberships, and other digital products based on your customer's location and product type.

Quaderno can also generate compliant invoices, monitor tax thresholds, and provide reports for VAT, GST, and sales tax filing, helping reduce the manual work of managing global tax across multiple payment tools.

Does Kajabi handle VAT and sales tax for me, or do I still need Quaderno?

Kajabi can help you sell courses, memberships, and digital products, but creators still need to understand whether their setup fully covers VAT, GST, sales tax, compliant invoicing, reporting, and multi-channel sales.

Quaderno works as a dedicated tax compliance layer around Kajabi and the rest of your creator sales stack. So if you sell through Kajabi and also accept payments through Stripe, PayPal, or another channel, Quaderno’s integrations with these platforms enable you to centralize your tax data and automate more of the compliance workflow.

Can Quaderno help if I sell through more than one platform?

Yes. Quaderno is designed to support online businesses that sell through multiple platforms and payment providers.

Whether you sell courses through Kajabi, Teachable, or Thinkific, digital products through Shopify, Easy Digital Downloads, or SendOwl, or collect payments directly through Stripe and PayPal, Quaderno can bring your sales data into a single tax compliance workflow.

This allows you to automate tax calculations, generate compliant invoices, track registration obligations, and prepare the reports needed for filing, without having to reconcile tax data manually across different systems.

Does Quaderno create VAT-compliant invoices for online courses and digital downloads?

Yes. Quaderno automatically creates tax-ready invoices for online courses, memberships, digital downloads, templates, coaching packages, and other digital products.

These invoices are designed to comply with local tax regulations based on where your customer is located, reducing the need to manually create invoices for international buyers.

Does Quaderno help with EU VAT for non-EU creators?

Yes. Quaderno helps creators selling to European customers understand and manage EU VAT workflows by calculating the correct VAT rate, collecting customer location evidence, creating compliant invoices, and organizing the data needed for reporting or filing.

If you are based outside the EU and sell digital products to EU customers, Quaderno can help you avoid managing those rules manually.

Does Quaderno help with US sales tax for digital products?

Yes. Quaderno monitors US economic nexus thresholds and helps calculate sales tax where applicable. This is especially useful for creators in the US, UK, Canada, Europe or elsewhere who sell digital products to customers across different US states.

Because US sales tax rules for digital products vary by state, Quaderno helps creators apply the right tax treatment based on customer location, product type and your total revenue figure in each state.

Can my accountant use Quaderno reports?

Yes. Quaderno provides exportable transaction and tax reports that accountants can use for reconciliation, filing preparation, and tax records.

This is especially useful for creators whose sales data is spread across Stripe, PayPal, Kajabi, Teachable, Thinkific, WooCommerce, Shopify, or other tools.

Does Quaderno help with tax filing for digital creators?

Yes, Quaderno helps digital creators with tax filing by supporting both self-filing and automated filing, depending on their needs.

For self-filing, Quaderno generates real-time tax reports by country or US state, so you or your accountant have the transaction data needed to prepare and file returns in minutes.

For automated filing, Quaderno offers an optional full-service tax compliance add-on, where Quaderno and its trusted partners can help prepare and submit tax returns directly to local tax authorities (including US sales tax, EU VAT OSS, and global GST).

Does Quaderno file VAT, GST, or sales tax returns for creators?

Yes, Quaderno can file VAT, GST, and sales tax returns for creators through its optional full-service tax compliance add-on.

With this service, Quaderno and its trusted partners can help prepare and submit tax returns directly to the relevant tax authorities, including US sales tax, EU VAT OSS, and global GST filings, depending on your business and jurisdiction.

Alternatively, you can choose to file yourself or through your accountant. In that case, Quaderno provides the tax reports and transaction data needed to prepare returns by country or US state.

Is Stripe Tax enough for creators selling digital products internationally?

Stripe Tax can be useful if all your sales happen through Stripe and you mainly need tax calculation within Stripe-supported workflows. But many creators sell through multiple channels, such as Kajabi, PayPal, WooCommerce, Shopify, or direct payment links.

If your sales data is split across platforms, or if you also need compliant invoices, threshold monitoring, VAT/GST/sales tax reports, and accountant-ready records, Quaderno gives you a more complete tax compliance layer across your creator business.