Steam asking me for a zip code for taxes, even though i live in europe?

[OnlyFool]

So i was going to buy a game, when steam asked me for a billing address and a zip code. Now i did some research on this and turns out its looking for the area code for taxes in America. The only problem is i don't live in America, i live in Europe. There was nothing on the internet that i could find on this, the only thing wrong that i could thing of is that wrong is that a vpn could be causing this, but my family doesn't own a vpn. I also tried to buy other games but it gave me the same results with asking for a zip code.

If you have any idea whats going on, please tell me, it would be much appreciated.

[Kargor]

"Europe" isn't a country, it's a continent. One of the major political conglomerates in Europe is the "European Union", which is a bunch of countries more-or-less working together on many things.

Economy is an important factor there, but that doesn't mean every member country has the same taxes...

Either way, Steam asks for the billing address. Just tell them and move on. Believe me, they have no intention of visiting you, or sending you spam mail.

[rawWwRrr]

Originally posted by Onlyguy:

So i was going to buy a game, when steam asked me for a billing address and a zip code. Now i did some research on this and turns out its looking for the area code for taxes in America. The only problem is i don't live in America, i live in Europe. There was nothing on the internet that i could find on this, the only thing wrong that i could thing of is that wrong is that a vpn could be causing this, but my family doesn't own a vpn. I also tried to buy other games but it gave me the same results with asking for a zip code.

If you have any idea whats going on, please tell me, it would be much appreciated.

Area codes are telephone prefixes and are not connected to zip codes.

Has nothing to do with VPN usage.

Europeans are subject to tax laws just like Americans are.

While in American it is referred to as a "zip code" it is essentially a "postal code" which just about every European country has defined in some format, so that is what should be entered.

The billing address is required now regardless of where you live because Steam requires it for taxation purposes. If you intend to make a purchase then you'll need to enter yours accordingly.