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Sales tax is not a "I need this at launch" feature. Many companies start out in a single market where you can just hardcode the tax rates if you want, and worry
by hobofan 5y ago
Sales tax is not a "I need this at launch" feature. Many companies start out in a single market where you can just hardcode the tax rates if you want, and worry about that later (and then the engineering hours to add sales tax etc. are probably not a threat to your existence).
- nickpp 5y agoGotcha. My products were addressing the global market from day 1 so the ability to automatically send an invoice with a correctly calculated sales tax to buyers from any country on the planet seemed vital. Let's also not forget about collecting and remitting said tax to correct tax authorities...
- bpicolo 5y agoThere were companies that filled that gap, like Taxjar (now acquired by Stripe)