Country select to handle Tax/VAT

[frosty valley]

So, not sure if this is a tech or implementation question or this is even the right place.

I am going to sell an online service, so no shipping information required. I plan to make the service available in different countries.

Usually, the product + shipping address determines which tax rate is applicable.
Since I sell an online service, there is no shipping address.

I can add an address block to my register form, but I think this will overcomplicate the onboarding proces. But if I did, what prevents a client from filling in an address/country where no tax rules apply? I can add a postcode.eu checker, but still, its easy to find a valid address for a no tax country.

Does Mollie have data available per payment from which country the payment is issued? Like bank data etc?

Do you guys have tips how to handle/tackle this situation?

Side note: it is a 100% custom build system, just a JS framework and no other software like Magento, Shopify etc.

Thank you for your time!

Quipic.

[red eagle]

Hi there!

We do not calculate anything. You give us the amounts and (if applicable) the tax and with that we make the payment. So no, we do not calculate tax. Sorry!

[frosty valley]

Hi Rick,

I already understood that. I calculate everything in my app.

My question is, do you guys have country information when a payment is issued? I need some sort of validation to prevent TAX abuse etc.

[red eagle]

On the payment, we set the countryCode if we can detect it. We do this based on IP. Further more, no - we do not save anything from the bank with that

[frosty valley]

Ok, thank you for your time!