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title: "The 5% buy and sell tax: what it is and where it goes"
description: "Every buy and sell of CLUB on the market carries a 5% tax built into the token. 1% of each trade goes back to staking rewards."
url: https://help.clubaffili.com/en/articles/68-the-5percent-buy-and-sell-tax-what-it-is-and-where-it-goes
collection: "How ClubAffili Works"
updated: 2026-09-28
language: en
---

# The 5% buy and sell tax: what it is and where it goes

Every buy and sell of CLUB on the market carries a 5% tax built into the token. 1% of each trade goes back to staking rewards.

**Quick answer:** Club Token has a 5% tax on buys and a 5% tax on sells, built into the token contract. The main reason it exists is to feed staking rewards: **1% of every trade goes back to staking rewards**, so the people who trade in and out contribute to the people who stake.

![Diagram: when someone buys or sells CLUB, 5% is taxed; 1% of the trade goes to staking rewards and is shared with stakers, the other 4% goes to ClubAffili for marketing and operations, and the trader receives 95%](https://cdn.clubaffili.com/help/ecosystem/06-tax-v2.png)

## What you will notice

-   When you **buy** CLUB on the market, you receive about 95% of the tokens the swap would otherwise give you.
    
-   When you **sell** CLUB, about 5% of the tokens you sell goes to the tax.
    
-   Allow for the tax when you set slippage in your wallet. See **How to buy Club Token on Uniswap**.
    
-   The tax is set in the token contract and ownership is renounced, so it can't be raised.
    

## Where the 5% goes

<table style="min-width: 50px;"><colgroup><col style="min-width: 25px;"><col style="min-width: 25px;"></colgroup><tbody><tr><th colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p>Share of the trade</p></th><th colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p>Where it goes</p></th></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p><strong>1%</strong></p></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p>Back to staking rewards, shared with stakers alongside the daily budget</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p><strong>4%</strong></p></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p>Held by ClubAffili for marketing and operations</p></td></tr></tbody></table>

## Why this matters for stakers

Staking rewards come from the fixed 200,000,000 CLUB allocation. The 1% trading share adds to that from real market activity, so the more CLUB is traded, the more flows back to the people who stake.

## Important

This article explains how ClubAffili works today. It is general information, not financial, investment, legal or tax advice, and nothing in it is a promise of rewards, returns or a token price. Club Token can go down in value as well as up. Rules and figures can change: the latest version is always at [help.clubaffili.com](https://help.clubaffili.com), and the Staking page in your dashboard shows the rules in force.