Depends on your definition of flaw. This has been discussed before: https://plus.google.com/106557483623231970995/posts/Bed6WUJpNi4 https://plus.google.com/1065

Depends on your definition of flaw. This has been discussed before: https://plus.google.com/106557483623231970995/posts/Bed6WUJpNi4 https://plus.google.com/106557483623231970995/posts/Bed6WUJp... Basically, it is due to how Play Store is set up. Developers are the merchant of record, not Google (unlike Apple's app store, where Apple is the merchant of record). The developer may not "want" this information, but for tax purposes they need it.