Adding a sales tax certificate

If you're a customer in the United States with a GitHub Customer Agreement and you're exempt from sales tax, you can upload a certificate to ensure the correct sales tax amount is calculated.

Important

Starting August 19th, 2024, GitHub will begin collecting state-mandated sales tax, where and when applicable, from paying customers in the United States to align with industry standard regulatory practices. All United States customers are required to update payment information (specifically your address) to ensure the correct sales tax amount is assessed. If you are a paying customer, there will be a tax line on your receipt that provides a breakdown of the applicable taxes for the GitHub products and services you have purchased.

You will need to ensure that all required address fields are filled out in your billing information to calculate the correct sales tax. For more information about updating your billing information, see "Adding or editing a payment method."

If you're a GitHub customer in the United States, you need to ensure that your account is set up to calculate sales tax correctly. If you're exempt from sales tax, you can upload a certificate to your account. The format of the certificate you upload must be one of the following:

  • JPEG (.jpg, .jpeg)
  • PNG (.png)
  • PDF (.pdf)

Your account is marked as tax exempt, while your certificate is reviewed. If your certificate is not approved, you will need to upload a new one.

Adding a sales tax exemption certificate to your organization account

You can upload a sales tax exemption certificate to your organization account if your account uses the GitHub Customer Agreement.

Note

This option is not available for accounts that use the GitHub Standard Terms of Service. For information about updating your organization, see "Upgrading to the GitHub Customer Agreement."

  1. In the upper-right corner of any page on GitHub, click your profile photo, then click Settings.

  2. In the "Access" section of the sidebar, click Organizations.

  3. Next to the organization, click Settings.

  4. If you are an organization owner, in the "Access" section of the sidebar, click Billing and plans.

  5. At the top of the page, click Payment information.

    Screenshot of the "Billing Summary" section of the settings page. A link, labeled "Payment information," is highlighted with an orange outline.

  6. Review your "Billing information" and update any incorrect data. You must ensure that the address fields are correct and that the "City" and "Postal/Zip code" fields are accepted. If there is any missing information or any errors are reported, the option to upload a sales tax certificate is hidden.

  7. At the bottom of the page, next to "Sales Tax" in the "Additional information" section, click Upload certificate, and select the certificate file you want to upload.

  8. To remove a sales tax certificate, click next to the certificate you want to remove.