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glass lintelBOT Apr 19, 2024, 8:50 AM

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torn nimbus Apr 19, 2024, 8:51 AM

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pulsar river Apr 19, 2024, 8:52 AM

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hi! the billing address is saved to the PaymentMethod(not the Customer) by default.

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what you can do I think is create a Customer object first, pass that to the CheckoutSession create call in customer , and also pass https://docs.stripe.com/api/checkout/sessions/create#create_checkout_session-customer_update-address to have Checkout write the address onto the customer.

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customer:"cus_xxxx" (call the Customer Create API first)

torn nimbus Apr 19, 2024, 8:55 AM

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Perfect got it, thank you so much, I'm going to try it

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I have a dbout what I have to pass to customer_update.address

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private function handleCheckoutOptions($user, $paymentTypes = ['card'], $allowCodes = false, $createInvoice = true, $succesRoute, $cancelRoute, $collectVAT = false, $passCustomer = false)
    {
        $options = [
            'payment_method_types'  => $paymentTypes,
            'client_reference_id' => $user->id,
            'billing_address_collection' => 'required',
            'allow_promotion_codes' => $allowCodes,
            'locale' => 'es',
            'success_url' => route($succesRoute),
            'cancel_url' => route($cancelRoute),
        ];
        if ($createInvoice) {
            $options['invoice_creation'] = [
                'enabled' => true,
            ];
        }
        if ($collectVAT) {
            $options['custom_fields'] = [
                [
                    'key' => 'VAT',
                    'label' => [
                        'type' => 'custom',
                        'custom' => 'NIF/CIF',
                    ],
                    'type' => 'text',
                    'optional' => false,
                ]
            ];
        }
        if ($passCustomer) {
            $options['customer'] = $user->stripe_id;
            $options['customer_update'] = [
                'address' => '',
            ];
        }
        return $options;
    }

glass lintelBOT Apr 19, 2024, 9:01 AM

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pulsar river Apr 19, 2024, 9:01 AM

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what's the doubt?

torn nimbus Apr 19, 2024, 9:01 AM

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I don't know what I have to put in 'address' =>

pulsar river Apr 19, 2024, 9:01 AM

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"billing_address_collection"

torn nimbus Apr 19, 2024, 9:02 AM

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perfect thanks so much!

lone tulip Apr 19, 2024, 9:04 AM

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👋 taking over for my colleague. Let me know if there's any follow-up Qs I can answer!

torn nimbus Apr 19, 2024, 9:05 AM

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Updated to

if ($passCustomer) {
            $options['customer'] = $user->stripe_id;
            $options['customer_update'] = [
                'address' => 'billing_address_collection',
            ];
        }

I got this error

Invalid customer_update[address]: must be one of auto or never

Then if I put it as auto, it will update customer details?

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Putting it as 'auto' worked fine, and now it's updating billing details and showing them correctly into the invoce. Thanks very much

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But now I have another problem. And is that in the invoice is not appearing the customer tax id, why?

lone tulip Apr 19, 2024, 9:11 AM

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I'm glad that my colleague was able to help you out

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did you collect the customer's tax ID?

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https://docs.stripe.com/api/checkout/sessions/create#create_checkout_session-tax_id_collection-enabled

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torn nimbus Apr 19, 2024, 9:13 AM

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Yes, in customer details appears there.

What I do is listen to checkout session completed webhook, for the first subscription payment and create customer tax id

public function createCustomerTaxId($data, $user)
    {
        if (isset($data['custom_fields']) && isset($data['custom_fields'][0]['text']['value'])) {
            $value = $data['custom_fields'][0]['text']['value'];
            try {
                $this->stripe->customers->createTaxId($user->stripe_id, [
                    'type' => 'es_cif',
                    'value' => $value,
                ]);
            } catch (InvalidRequestException $e) {
                Log::error($e->getMessage());
            }
        }
    }

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But not showing on invoices

lone tulip Apr 19, 2024, 9:14 AM

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why are you creating custom fields for Tax ID collection?

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I'm not sure I follow

torn nimbus Apr 19, 2024, 9:14 AM

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because due to my country, invoices will be valid when customer's tax id are mandatory.

Adding 'tax_id_collection' enabled as true, it appears the checkbox but some users don't fill it

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I thought maybe was a better idea to add the custom field, and get the customer's VAT number as mandatory with that custom field

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And then creating customer tax id via API, but for some reason, not appearing in the invoices

lone tulip Apr 19, 2024, 9:15 AM

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is it mandatory though to have a Tax ID?

torn nimbus Apr 19, 2024, 9:15 AM

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yes our SaaS is B2B

lone tulip Apr 19, 2024, 9:18 AM

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ok I'm trying to figure this out, give me a second please

torn nimbus Apr 19, 2024, 9:18 AM

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Sure, thank you very much!

lone tulip Apr 19, 2024, 9:37 AM

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sorry I'm still investigating this

torn nimbus Apr 19, 2024, 9:37 AM

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Dont worry, thank you very much! When purchasing for products invoices works fine, I don't know if it's because of this parameter:

'invoice_creation' => [
'enabled' => true,
],

But If I remember well, in subscription it's not possible to pass that checkout option

abstract crow Apr 19, 2024, 9:39 AM

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Can you share the cus_xxx and in_xxx ID?

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I suspect this is a race condition where the invoice is generated before you've set the tax ID on the customer

torn nimbus Apr 19, 2024, 9:41 AM

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Sure!

cus_Px7cxGUCCjpEdw

Invoice with tax id problem: in_1P7DRaKYINwhn6n4ukAcFWHG

Invoice (product purchase) without the problem: in_1P7DrsKYINwhn6n4BkKi5Ql3

abstract crow Apr 19, 2024, 9:41 AM

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Because you're not using tax_id_collection on the payment page and creating the tax ID manually after

torn nimbus Apr 19, 2024, 9:41 AM

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Yes, maybe it's because the webhook I used checkout.session.completed. The problem seems to appear only with the first generated invoice

abstract crow Apr 19, 2024, 9:42 AM

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Yep that makes sense

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In reality we need to add a tax_id_collection[required] field which will support your use case

torn nimbus Apr 19, 2024, 9:43 AM

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$options = [
            'payment_method_types'  => $paymentTypes,
            'client_reference_id' => $user->id,
            'billing_address_collection' => 'required',
            'allow_promotion_codes' => $allowCodes,
            'locale' => 'es',
            'tax_id_collection' => [
                'enabled' => true,
            ],
            'success_url' => route($succesRoute),
            'cancel_url' => route($cancelRoute),
        ];

abstract crow Apr 19, 2024, 9:43 AM

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The only workaround for the initial invoice would be to create the Customer object with tax IDs before subscribing and pass it on session creation

torn nimbus Apr 19, 2024, 9:44 AM

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if I add 'tax_id_collection' => 'required' will work as mandatory?

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i'm going to test it

abstract crow Apr 19, 2024, 9:44 AM

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No, I'm saying we should add that

torn nimbus Apr 19, 2024, 9:44 AM

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Oh, yes that would be super cool as a feedback!

abstract crow Apr 19, 2024, 9:44 AM

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Right now it's optional if you have it enabled where as you want it to be mandatory

torn nimbus Apr 19, 2024, 9:45 AM

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Yes, exact! Some countries requires it as a mandatory for invoices to be valid

abstract crow Apr 19, 2024, 9:45 AM

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Got it. I've logged the feedback

torn nimbus Apr 19, 2024, 9:46 AM

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Thank you very much! The problem is that the user would have to put the VAT number before entering Stripe Checkout, and for UX maybe it could be hard for the user to interact with

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Because it only happen in the first invoice, I guess it would be possible to edit invoice or some way to add manually tax id there?

abstract crow Apr 19, 2024, 9:47 AM

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torn nimbus Thank you very much! The problem is that the user would have to put the VAT numb...

Yeah it's not an ideal workaround

abstract crow Apr 19, 2024, 9:48 AM

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torn nimbus Because it only happen in the first invoice, I guess it would be possible to edi...

You can't as they're immutable once finalized/paid

torn nimbus Apr 19, 2024, 9:49 AM

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Perfect will talk with my team how we could handle this, super cool if soon required option would be possible to add, thank you very much!

glass lintelBOT Apr 19, 2024, 9:50 AM

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abstract crow Apr 19, 2024, 9:50 AM

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No problem, glad I could help!

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