Kevin - Backdated Billing Cycle | Stripe Developers | Page 1

solemn field Aug 5, 2022, 4:13 PM

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Hi 👋

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This use case is what our Subscription Schedules were, in part, designed to solve. You should review this doc pretty carefully and see if it meets your needs.
https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/backdating

frozen crow Aug 5, 2022, 4:22 PM

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Hi Snufkin! Thanks for your answer!
I also tried using backdate_start_date with billing_cycle_anchor, however, billing_cycle_anchor cannot be set in the past, only in the future.

If I set the billing cycle anchor to September 1st, it works but I won't have any invoice for august, the first generated invoice will be for september

solemn field Aug 5, 2022, 4:25 PM

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We don't generate invoices for the past

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So if that's what you're looking for that won't happen. But we do allow backdating of Subscriptions

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You can combine backdate_start_date with billing_cycle_anchor to backdate a subscription and set the billing cycle anchor to a date in the future.

frozen crow Aug 5, 2022, 4:33 PM

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Actually you're right! It works when I set backdate_start_date to August 1st and billing cycle anchor to September 1st, I have an invoice for August 1st to September 1st

When I first tested, I was using proration_behavior: "none", so no invoice were generated for August

Thank you Snufkin, our hero ❤

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