{"id":178,"date":"2026-05-29T12:14:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T12:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tutorac.com\/help-center\/2026\/05\/29\/currency-taxes-and-pricing-in-your-region-on-tutorac\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T12:14:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T12:14:23","slug":"currency-taxes-and-pricing-in-your-region-on-tutorac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tutorac.com\/help-center\/2026\/05\/29\/currency-taxes-and-pricing-in-your-region-on-tutorac\/","title":{"rendered":"Currency, taxes, and pricing in your region on Tutorac"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#374151;font-style:italic;font-weight:400\">Tutorac operates across multiple regions, and the currency, taxes, and exact charges you see depend on where your account is based. Here&rsquo;s how Tutorac handles currency, what taxes get added on top of milestone amounts, and how foreign-exchange is handled when your card and account currencies differ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"in-this-article\">In this article<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"#currency\">Your account currency<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#taxes-india\">Taxes for India accounts (GST)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#taxes-other\">Taxes for accounts outside India<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#fx\">Foreign-exchange conversion<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#invoices\">Tax invoices &amp; receipts<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#faqs\">FAQs<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"currency\">Your account currency<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>India accounts<\/strong> &mdash; everything is shown and charged in <strong>&#8377; INR<\/strong>.<\/li><li><strong>All other countries<\/strong> &mdash; shown and charged in <strong>$ USD<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Your account currency is locked at signup, based on the country you sign up from. You can&rsquo;t switch currencies later by changing your address.<\/li><li>Tutors set their rates in their own account currency. If a learner and tutor are in different regions, Tutorac shows you the amount in <em>your<\/em> currency throughout the hire flow.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"taxes-india\">Taxes for India accounts (GST)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>India accounts pay <strong>18% GST<\/strong> on top of the milestone amount at the time of payment, in line with Indian tax law for online education services.<\/li><li>GST is shown as a separate line item on your invoice, never bundled inside the milestone price.<\/li><li>If you have a GSTIN (business GST registration number), add it under <strong>Profile &gt; Billing Address<\/strong> before you fund. Your GSTIN will appear on the invoice and is required to claim input tax credit.<\/li><li>GST is collected by Tutorac and remitted directly to the Indian government &mdash; it&rsquo;s not part of the tutor&rsquo;s earnings.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"taxes-other\">Taxes for accounts outside India<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The applicable sales tax, VAT, or GST is determined by your billing jurisdiction.<\/li><li>If your jurisdiction requires Tutorac to collect tax (e.g., certain US states, EU VAT in some scenarios, Australian GST), it&rsquo;s shown clearly at checkout and on your receipt.<\/li><li>If your jurisdiction doesn&rsquo;t require collection (most US states for individual learners, many other regions), no tax is added &mdash; you pay the milestone amount and nothing more.<\/li><li>You&rsquo;re responsible for any local tax obligations you may have on educational services in your own country if Tutorac doesn&rsquo;t collect for that jurisdiction.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"fx\">Foreign-exchange conversion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>If your card is denominated in a currency different from your account currency (e.g., an INR card on a USD Tutorac account, or vice versa), your bank or card network handles conversion at <em>their<\/em> rate.<\/li><li>Tutorac doesn&rsquo;t add a markup on top of FX. The amount you authorize is exactly the milestone + tax in your account currency.<\/li><li>Your card may add a foreign-transaction fee on top of the FX conversion &mdash; that&rsquo;s between you and your bank, not a Tutorac fee.<\/li><li>For best rates, paying with a card in the same currency as your Tutorac account is usually cheapest.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"invoices\">Tax invoices &amp; receipts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Every payment generates a receipt, emailed to you immediately.<\/li><li>India accounts also receive a <strong>GST tax invoice<\/strong> with your GSTIN (if added) for tax-credit purposes.<\/li><li>All invoices and receipts are also available inside your account &mdash; see <a href=\"\/help-center\/2026\/05\/29\/reading-your-invoice-and-payment-receipt-on-tutorac\/\">Reading your invoice and payment receipt<\/a>.<\/li><li>If you need a corrected invoice (e.g., GSTIN added retroactively, billing-address fix), contact Support within 30 days of payment.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"faqs\">FAQs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I moved from India to the US. Can I switch my account currency to USD?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Account currency is fixed at signup and can&rsquo;t be changed by editing your address. If you want a USD account, create a new account from a US billing address &mdash; you&rsquo;ll keep your old account&rsquo;s history but new hires can be in USD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why does GST apply to me &mdash; isn&rsquo;t education tax-free in India?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GST applies to <em>online<\/em> education services delivered by private providers (which Tutorac is). Traditional school\/college fees with formal accreditation are typically exempt; private online tutoring is not, under Indian tax law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Can I get an exchange rate guarantee?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No &mdash; FX rates change constantly and are set by your bank, not Tutorac. The price you see in your account currency is fixed; the equivalent in your card currency depends on the rate the day you pay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related articles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"\/help-center\/2026\/05\/29\/how-pricing-works-on-tutorac\/\">How pricing works on Tutorac<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/help-center\/2026\/05\/29\/tutorac-service-fees-and-what-you-actually-pay\/\">Tutorac service fees and what you actually pay<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/help-center\/2026\/05\/29\/reading-your-invoice-and-payment-receipt-on-tutorac\/\">Reading your invoice and payment receipt on Tutorac<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/help-center\/2026\/05\/29\/discounts-promo-codes-and-offers-on-tutorac\/\">Discounts, promo codes, and offers on Tutorac<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#9ca3af;font-size:13px\">Last updated: 29 May 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How currency works on Tutorac (INR for India accounts, USD elsewhere), GST 18% for India accounts (with GSTIN handling), tax rules for accounts outside India, foreign-exchange handling on different-currency cards, and how tax invoices are issued.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-for-learners","category-learners-pricing-milestones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutorac.com\/help-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutorac.com\/help-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutorac.com\/help-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutorac.com\/help-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutorac.com\/help-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tutorac.com\/help-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutorac.com\/help-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutorac.com\/help-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutorac.com\/help-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}