That's what I'm stuck with as well. Paddle.com has this covered really well, but they have a long way to go in terms of API quality and breadth.
Stripe has indicated that they're working on it, but no timeline yet: https://www.indiehackers.com/forum/stripe-onboarding-integra...
Couldn't agree more, cool to see they indicate that they're working on it but then as I'm sure you're aware of there is so much more needed than just the dealing of tax, how do you deal with the likes of managing your chargebacks? Support? - This post expands on how Paddle helps here: http://bit.ly/2Us1OWM
Re:Implementing API Billing with Stripe
by kowdermeister on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @05:25AM
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I've seen way too many "just copy these 5 lines" and you are good to go. With payments this is never that simple.
Makes sense - I guess it's just an unclear emphasis on their offering which essentially is taking that work off your hands. What would you prefer to see?
Re:Implementing API Billing with Stripe
by kowdermeister on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @11:12AM
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A checklist of cases that I might not thought of. I would group example code around different use case and not around API endpoints.
For example Braintree is good in that sense: https://developers.braintreepayments.com/guides/recurring-bi...
I know it's not a payment gateway's responsibility, but some further handholding on tax and VAT, invoicing issues would be handy.
Re:Implementing API Billing with Stripe
by james_s_tayler on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @07:52AM
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Agreed. It's much more like "just handle these 50 edge cases and you're good to go."
The article is completely missing any mention of tax, be it sales tax or VAT. This is my biggest complaint of Stripe.
For a lot of us, we live in countries where we simply _have_ to start collecting and remitting tax from the very first customer.