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Re:Ask HN: How do you handle VAT / Sales Tax accounting as B... by jwr on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @08:29PM (#43338683)
An accountant that will quickly determine the VAT/sales-tax to charge on each transaction presented to the customer? :-)

Accounting is important, but it's not the solution to the OP's problem. There are also questions of costs and efficiency, especially since we are talking about low-margin B2C sales.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you handle VAT / Sales Tax accounting as B... by notpushkin on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @10:37PM (#43339397)
An accountant plus Stripe Tax? Or just a CSV with tax rates imported into Stripe, if you don’t feel like paying additional % per transaction.

MoR are great if you want absolutely no liability whatsoever, but especially considering there is no way for other countries to check you’re paying the right amount, I think doing it yourself isn’t too risky. (Not doing it is also a possibility.)

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