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Stripe's "getting started" documentation, as well as this article, show us how easy it is to get started with Stripe - if you ignore the existence of taxation.

Stripe's "getting started" documentation, as well as this article, show us how easy it is to get started with Stripe - if you ignore the existence of taxation. 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.

kowdermeister 8y ago
I've seen way too many "just copy these 5 lines" and you are good to go. With payments this is never that simple.
- noah96 8y ago
  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?
  - kowdermeister 8y ago
    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-billing/overview 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.
- james_s_tayler 8y ago
  Agreed. It's much more like "just handle these 50 edge cases and you're good to go."
sudhirj 8y ago
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-integration-feedback-0b79bd319f?commentId=-LHEhdwWdPs4Gkylr_a2 https://www.indiehackers.com/forum/stripe-onboarding-integra...
- noah96 8y ago
  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 http://bit.ly/2Us1OWM

kowdermeister 8y ago

I've seen way too many "just copy these 5 lines" and you are good to go. With payments this is never that simple.

noah96 8y ago
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?
- kowdermeister 8y ago
  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-billing/overview 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.
james_s_tayler 8y ago
Agreed. It's much more like "just handle these 50 edge cases and you're good to go."

sudhirj 8y ago

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-integration-feedback-0b79bd319f?commentId=-LHEhdwWdPs4Gkylr_a2 https://www.indiehackers.com/forum/stripe-onboarding-integra...

noah96 8y ago
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 http://bit.ly/2Us1OWM