Dan R

[inland salmon]

My understanding is that you are correct, as long as your accounts are in a state that allows negative balances then those balances will go negative as you described.

I also believe that if it is Connected Account that goes negative, then Connect Reserves will come into play to cover that liability:
https://stripe.com/docs/api/checkout/sessions/list#list_checkout_sessions-payment_intent

[hidden cipher]

okay thank you, i will look into connect reserves. i guess there is no difference between normal and express connected accounts here? also can the refund fail because of liability issues?

[inland salmon]

If by "normal" Connected Accounts you're referring to our Standard Connected Accounts, then those should not be getting used in combination with Destination Charges.

[hidden cipher]

oh maybe i misunderstood the table here https://stripe.com/docs/connect/charges#refund-creation

yes sorry, standard, not normal

but i guess that table answers my question with regards to whether refunds can fail: it will be set to pending until a refund can be completed

[inland salmon]

The flow gets complicated if you try to combine Destination Charges and Standard accounts because your Platform won't have the permission to force a Standard account to go negative.

[hidden cipher]

ahhh i see, that makes sense. well for now i'm working with express accounts, so we can leave the standard account worries for some other day. thanks for your help!

[inland salmon]

👍 sounds good, happy to help!