Hello, I have been on Ultra subscription for a while, all past invoices were 200usd exactly.
This month my invoice was around 250usd. The invoice mentions the 50usd as VAT. No previous invoices include VAT.
January - 200usd
February - 250usd
I am making this thread mainly to see if other people noticed this change as well? Or perhaps have your invoices always included VAT?
hi @liquefy VAT charges are applied based on your billing address/location and applicable tax laws. If VAT suddenly appeared on this month’s invoice, this typically means:
• Your billing address was updated or corrected to a location requiring VAT
• Tax regulations changed in your region requiring Cursor to collect VAT
• Your billing information was verified/corrected by Stripe (our payment processor)
To check your billing address:
Visit https://cursor.com/dashboard?tab=billing → Click “Manage subscription” → Review your billing details in the Stripe portal
I’ve moved your post into Discussions as it better matches there.
I have a UK billing address and I’m on the ultra plan.
I’ve never been billed for $250, maybe a silly question but does the $50 come from the On Demand usage?
Same previous months never more than what the pricing said on the tin
I always pay in USD as I get a better rate with Monzo doing the conversion for me (ÂŁ147.50 as of today)
Hey no, it is not on demand usage. On the invoice it says VAT. Based on the information I was given, it seems Stripe has decided to charge me VAT from now on. Not sure why, I still use the same card to make the payment, same billing information, nothing has changed as far as I can tell. Guess this is the great EU fee, gotta love it, right? 
Sorry to hear that, hope you manage to get your $50 back. Thats 2/3 pints out in Spitalfields on the office monthly visit…I remember when people in the office moaned about paying 20USD a month to use cursor. Feels a long time ago now!
You are not alone, I am on the Pro plan, and in January I started being billed with 20% more in VAT. I did not change anything about my account or my informations.
I’m not happy about the additional 19% (German VAT) charge, but I can deduct the charged VAT from my taxes because I use Cursor IDE for work. However, it would be very helpful if the Cursor IDE team could provide invoices that clearly state how much tax was paid in the local currency—in my case, euros (€). That would at least make accounting easier. At the moment, it feels like the customer experience in this area could be improved.
I also have received an invoice from Cursor that includes 21% VAT. However, the invoice does not display your EU VAT identification number. For accounting purposes (reverse charge / intra-community services within the EU), we need the supplier’s valid EU VAT ID in the format EUXXXXXXXXX to properly register the invoice and avoid double VAT taxation.
Hi everyone - as Cursor didn’t advertise these taxes in their quoted prices online, but silently added them later - they’ve broken the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations Act 2008 in UK, and I think the EU Unfair Commercial Practices Directive in you are in EU.
Basically they need to put full prices including VAT/service taxes in quoted price, so consumers can make a fair choice between competitors.
I would recommend telling them this, and asking for refunds - they cannot charge this until they tell you before the payment they are going to do this, so you can make an informed choice.
If they don’t act, they should be reported to trading standards authorities (HRMC and CMA in UK).
Ask refund. It is illegal for them to ask/collect the VAT (in my case UK 20%) unless they have and print their OSS/VOEC number on the invoice. As there is not such number a EU/UK business cannot reclaim the VAT and they cannot collect it.