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high lightBOT Feb 13, 2024, 9:18 PM

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iron root Feb 13, 2024, 9:19 PM

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Hello 👋
Can you share the docs you're looking at?

ebon knot Feb 13, 2024, 9:25 PM

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https://docs.stripe.com/api/invoices/line_item#invoice_line_item_object-tax_amounts-taxability_reason
https://docs.stripe.com/invoicing/taxes/manual-tax-amounts

iron root Feb 13, 2024, 9:26 PM

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thanks also, can you share the request ID where you're seeing the error above?
https://support.stripe.com/questions/finding-the-id-for-an-api-request

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I think the issue might be with how you're passing the taxability_reason

specifically tax_amounts [01][...]

[01] isn't a valid value when working with arrays

ebon knot Feb 13, 2024, 9:32 PM

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req_I3dV4DBsz6koad is the request ID

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oh it looks like copying the error from editor misformatted it

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here is the error string
Received unknown parameter: tax_amounts[0][taxability_reason]. Did you mean taxable_amount?

iron root Feb 13, 2024, 9:38 PM

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ah gotcha.. I don't think taxability_reason is something you can set via the API
https://docs.stripe.com/api/invoices/update_line#update_line-tax_amounts

Have you tried just setting taxable_amount to 0 and amount to the tax amount you want to show as the line item?

so something like,

  tax_amounts: [
    {
      amount: 100,
      taxable_amount: 0,
      tax_rate_data: {...}
    }
  ]

high lightBOT Feb 13, 2024, 9:45 PM

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ebon knot Feb 13, 2024, 10:10 PM

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If I understand correctly taxable_amount is just the amount on which taxes were calculated? Setting that to 0 doesn't really ensure that the customer won't be charged tax of $100?

little vortex Feb 13, 2024, 10:15 PM

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👋 catching up since my teammate had to run

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That's correct, you'd still have to calculate the value of tax_amounts.amount

ebon knot Feb 13, 2024, 10:17 PM

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Yea so the question is how to add a non-zero VAT tax line item in invoice without charging the customer for it

little vortex Feb 13, 2024, 10:19 PM

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Are you not including this in the invoice amount because they're being charged the VAT amount somewhere else?

ebon knot Feb 13, 2024, 10:21 PM

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that is right.

little vortex Feb 13, 2024, 10:21 PM

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Gotcha. I'm not sure I can advise on this, as there are regulations around tax, invoices, and how to display these amounts in a compliant way

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I recommend reaching out to our Support team about this: https://support.stripe.com/contact/

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When you reach out to them, it'll be critical to include a full summary of how you're currently charging VAT and your requirements for including this in invoices while not charging the amount via the invoice

ebon knot Feb 13, 2024, 10:23 PM

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sounds good. Thanks for your help

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