Stripe co-founder on how his billion-dollar company continues to evolve

Re:Stripe co-founder on how his billion-dollar company conti... by stevesimmons on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @08:00PM (#25588325)

Yes please. Or someone other than Stripe.

I spent a chunk of the Christmas period figuring out international B2B and B2C invoicing requirements, the rules for cross-border VAT/GST/BTW (UK [pre- and post-Brexit]/Australia/Netherlands/EU) sales tax, and when sales tax may be reclaimed on "invalid" invoices.

It was a surprisingly engrossing endeavor. There is a satisfying underlying logical consistency (from the point of view of a non-accountant). I even toyed with codifying the rules in a machine-executable form...

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Re:Stripe co-founder on how his billion-dollar company conti... by redwood on Friday January 01, 2021 @02:12PM (#25605802)

Check out Taxamo. They're actually based in Ireland. Vatlayer was useful but Europe only whereas Taxamo is global

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Re:Stripe co-founder on how his billion-dollar company conti... by e98cuenc on Thursday December 31, 2020 @02:51AM (#25590567)

Paddle.com does that. At least in theory, I'm (not yet) a customer and haven't tried it by myself.

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Re:Stripe co-founder on how his billion-dollar company conti... by ttoinou on Thursday December 31, 2020 @09:59AM (#25593229)

Yes they do handle that but they're not as handy to use as Stripe, they are more like a premade store for you, it's hard to customize products.

FastSpring is the same, and even more expensive with expensive currency conversion if you're in EURO

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Re:Stripe co-founder on how his billion-dollar company conti... by ttoinou on Thursday December 31, 2020 @10:00AM (#25593237)

Is it easier to manage if you only stick to EU countries ?

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