The short answer is, yes; Mad Mimi charges applicable sales tax or VAT (value-added tax), depending on your billing location. It is required by law, and we are required to collect sales tax and VAT on relevant charges.

Mad Mimi collects taxes based on whatever location your billing details include, so it’s important that your billing information is always up to date. There are some locations that we’re not required to charge tax for, and others that we are. Tax law is a very complicated animal, but never fear — we have experts at the helm!

If you were charged sales tax or VAT, it’s because we are required to collect it, and hand it directly over to your government, for your physical location. However, if you feel that you’ve been charged incorrectly, just let us know! And if you’re a tax-exempt organization or business, we’ll make sure to get you sorted out, right away.

Sales tax in any form among internet businesses is a pretty controversial issue. Heavy debate has surrounded the complex laws established well before an internet entity was even a thing. I mean, an internet company has no physical location… right?! And what is a nexus, anyway?

Of course, changes at both the federal and state level make for an even more interesting discussion, as it unfolds. All levels of government are now working to change these laws, in order to better encompass the new face of our economy. And that means that internet businesses are more and more responsible for knowing the laws, and charging tax, when required.