# Tax on paid commissions

There are tax implications to consider when issuing commissions to your affiliates. How much tax to pay and how you pay them will greatly depend on where you live and work. In some regions (especially Germany and the EU), the tax rule must be strictly followed due to national tax regulations, so make sure you've done thorough research about taxes in your country. Merchants like you can be the ones who pay taxes, or affiliates pay themselves.

To select a tax option in UpPromote, go to **Settings** > **Payment >** **Tax > Tax on paid commissions.** If you set up a tax option, the tax information will be reflected on the paid transactions' details and invoices you and your affiliates exported from the app.

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If taxes on paid commissions are not required in your region, leave the settings as **None**. If not, you have the option to choose who pays tax: you (the merchant) or the affiliates.&#x20;

## Merchants pay taxes

If you select the **Merchant pays** option, the tax value will be accumulated with the total commission amount. The total commission amount you pay the affiliates will exclude the tax amount.&#x20;

There are two ways to set the tax value:&#x20;

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* **Fixed percentage for all affiliates:** a fixed rate applies to all affiliates who bring referral orders.
* **Percentage entered by affiliates**: each affiliate can enter their tax rate (according to their regions).

If you allow each affiliate to enter a tax rate, there will be an additional field in the Affiliate admin's  Payment settings. If affiliates do not enter the tax value, the tax will not be shown in the payment details.

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Once the settings are saved, the tax information will be displayed on the **Payments** tab before you process payments and on the details of the paid transactions.

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If you turn on the **Export invoice** function, the tax information will also be shown on the exported invoices.

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## Affiliates pay

If you select **Affiliates pay**, the tax value will be included in the paid commission amount. It will be shown in the paid transaction's details and the exported invoices as **Tax (included)**.

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