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Perhaps it's better to launch multiple, region-specific versions of a site, with region-specific data. Something like amazon.com vs amazon.nl vs amazon.de. Acco
by FooBarWidget 3y ago
Perhaps it's better to launch multiple, region-specific versions of a site, with region-specific data. Something like amazon.com vs amazon.nl vs amazon.de. Account data would still be global but that doesn't change much so you can get away with strong consistency.
Added benefit is that it clarifies how to do local compliance. With a global model, the complexity of local laws can really overwhelming. For example a global site based in the US needs to be GDPR-compliant, while a global site based in the EU has to figure out how to file multiple forms of taxes (federal, state, sales, city, district) for the 16000+ US tax jurisdictions. As a European I am more afraid of US taxes than GDPR.
- robertlagrant 3y ago> federal, state, sales, city, district Really? I've never really been to the US, other than a couple of brief work trips, and that is astonishing.
- dsr_ 3y agoDistrict is unusual. There's no federal sales tax, but if you're selling internationally, there can be border fees of various kinds. State sales taxes are nearly ubiquitous. Large cities or counties might have a sales-tax addition for local funding. Special-purpose sales taxes exist, infrequently: hotels are probably most common.
- gumby 3y agoSure, there are also excise taxes levied on different kinds of products (fuel and alcohol being the most common), fees (like disposal deposits on drink containers, tires, and the like) and just in general differential tax rates (certain kinds of foods are not taxed, taxed at a different rate or even, I’ve seen proposed, taxed by the size of container).
- dclowd9901 3y agoAren't import taxes essentially federal sales taxes? Granted, they're applied long before the product sits in a consumer's cart.
- badcppdev 3y agoReally! For some locations you need a street address to be sure you're collecting the correct Sales Tax for that particular type of product. Also there are Sales Tax holidays where the rate of sales tax is reduced for a set period: https://www.salestaxinstitute.com/resources/sales-tax-holidays https://www.salestaxinstitute.com/resources/sales-tax-holida... Also certain customers are exempt from Sales Tax...
- supriyo-biswas 3y agoThere are merchants of record which will resell your product, and take care of levying and remitting taxes, such as paddle.com for SaaS software.