1. Purpose
This Global Tax Policy establishes the principles governing the assessment, collection, reporting, and remittance of taxes related to the Company’s products and services. The objective of this policy is to ensure legal compliance while safeguarding the Company from unintended tax liabilities, assessments, penalties, or interest.
2. Scope
This policy applies to all products, services, subscriptions, licenses, digital tools, and platforms offered by the Company across all jurisdictions, whether delivered electronically or otherwise.
3. Net-of-Tax Pricing
All prices, fees, charges, and invoices issued by the Company are deemed exclusive of all taxes, including but not limited to:
- transaction taxes
- value-added taxes
- sales and use taxes
- digital services taxes
- goods and services taxes
- consumption taxes
- withholding taxes
- excise taxes
- similar governmental assessments
-  (collectively, “Taxes”).
No Tax is included in the price unless expressly stated.
4. Customer Responsibility for Taxes
The customer is solely responsible for:
(a) determining the applicability of Taxes to their purchase or use of the Company’s Services;
(b) assessing, calculating, reporting, and remitting all applicable Taxes to the relevant authority;
(c) providing accurate and complete billing, location, and tax identification information;
(d) self-assessing and remitting any use, consumption, or reverse-charge taxes as required by law; and
(e) complying with all tax laws that apply to their jurisdiction.
The Company is not responsible for any Tax liability arising from the customer’s misrepresentation, incorrect information, or failure to comply with their tax obligations.
5. No Obligation to Determine or Collect Taxes
Unless expressly required by mandatory law, the Company does not undertake any obligation to:
(a) determine the customer’s tax status;
(b) determine customer location for tax purposes;
(c) collect Taxes on behalf of the customer;
(d) remit Taxes to any governmental authority on the customer’s behalf; or
(e) maintain or validate customer tax exemption certificates.
The customer acknowledges that they bear full responsibility for their own tax compliance.
6. Reliance on Customer Information
The Company relies exclusively on the customer’s representations regarding their:
- billing address
- country or state of residence
- tax identification numbers
- business-use declarations
- tax exemption status
The Company shall not be liable for any Tax, penalty, interest, or cost resulting from incorrect, incomplete, or fraudulent information provided by the customer.
7. Indemnification
The customer agrees to fully indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Company, its affiliates, directors, officers, employees, and agents from and against any claims, assessments, audits, penalties, interest, costs, or expenses arising from:
(a) the customer’s failure to report or remit Taxes;
(b) the customer’s misrepresentation of tax status or location;
(c) incorrect or invalid tax identification information;
(d) tax liabilities imposed as a result of the customer’s actions or omissions;
(e) any governmental inquiry related to the customer’s tax compliance.
8. No Representation of Tax Exemption
The Company makes no warranty or representation that its Services are exempt from Taxes in any jurisdiction. Customers should obtain independent tax advice regarding their obligations.
9. Documentation and Audit Cooperation
In the event of a governmental tax inquiry, the customer shall promptly:
(a) provide all necessary tax documentation;
(b) cooperate with the Company and relevant tax authorities;
(c) reimburse the Company for any costs incurred due to the customer’s non-compliance.
10. Amendments
The Company may amend this Global Tax Policy at any time to reflect changes in laws, regulations, or business practices. Continued use of the Services constitutes acceptance of any updated policy.
11. Governing Principle
The overriding principle of this policy is that the customer—not the Company—is the taxpayer responsible for all Taxes applicable to the customer’s purchase or use of the Services.