What about Uber Eats and Grubhub?

Each platform keeps its own list and start dates. Uber Eats, for example, remits in California from April 1, 2021, where DoorDash and Grubhub do not, and passes local meals taxes back in several states. Check each platform separately.

If DoorDash remits, do I still report the sales?

Many states want the sales reported and then deducted or excluded as marketplace sales, rather than left off entirely. The line and deduction name vary by state; your preparer or the state's return instructions decide it.

Sales tax paid twice on delivery orders

Do restaurants pay sales tax on DoorDash orders?

Updated September 23, 2026 · Checked against primary sources

The short answer

It depends on your state. Where DoorDash is the marketplace facilitator for restaurants, such as Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Georgia and North Carolina, DoorDash collects and remits the sales tax and the restaurant should not pay it again. In states DoorDash does not list, including California and Texas, the restaurant remits. Since 2024 DoorDash also passes some local taxes back to restaurants to remit.

Key takeaways

DoorDash publishes the states where it remits for restaurants, with start dates (DoorDash).
California, Texas and New York: DoorDash does not remit restaurant sales tax, so the restaurant does.
From May 1, 2024 (Alabama, Florida), July 1, 2025 (tablet restaurants) and May 1, 2026 (select POS integrations), DoorDash includes certain local taxes in payouts and does not remit them.
DoorDash's own warning: it "will not remit to tax authorities any taxes that are included in payouts to merchants."

How to check who remitted each order

DoorDash's Monthly Subtotal Tax Breakdown report (Statements tab) lists each tax jurisdiction and imposition with its remittance responsibility, DoorDash or merchant. Its transaction and payout reports carry a column for "Subtotal Tax Remitted by DoorDash to Tax Authorities." In Toast, the Sales Summary tax tile splits tax into "Remitted by 3rd Party" and "Remitted by Restaurant" (Toast).

Frequently asked questions

What about Uber Eats and Grubhub?: Each platform keeps its own list and start dates. Uber Eats, for example, remits in California from April 1, 2021, where DoorDash and Grubhub do not, and passes local meals taxes back in several states. Check each platform separately.
If DoorDash remits, do I still report the sales?: Many states want the sales reported and then deducted or excluded as marketplace sales, rather than left off entirely. The line and deduction name vary by state; your preparer or the state's return instructions decide it.

Run your own numbers

CalculatorDelivery Sales Tax Overpayment CalculatorIf a delivery platform remitted sales tax as marketplace facilitator and you reported the same sales as taxable, the overlap is marketplace sales x tax rate x months affected. It is a screening number: the refund is capped at the lower of what you paid and what the platform remitted.

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Terms on this page

Marketplace facilitator: A platform, such as DoorDash or Uber Eats, that a state makes responsible for collecting and remitting sales tax on sales it facilitates. Where it applies to restaurant orders, the restaurant should not remit the same tax again.

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Pavado, “Do restaurants pay sales tax on DoorDash orders?”, https://www.pavadotech.com/restaurants/questions/do-restaurants-pay-sales-tax-on-doordash-orders, updated 2026-09-23.