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Should cover it: https://docs.stripe.com/tax/invoicing
fierce saddle
Ok, that is a good start, but I see that tax is added based on the Tax Id
Do we have a way to manually set the tax Value on the invoice without the Ids?
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fierce garden
hi! I'm taking over this thread.
fierce saddle
Hi @fierce garden Thanks for taking over. Sorry if these are stupid questions btw
fierce garden
no worries, happy to help!
there's no way in the Invoice API to directly set a tax amount, like 20%. you have to use Tax IDs, or Automatic Tax.
fierce saddle
I see, so for our case, we can have a user can may buy things in multiple countries, for example, they may buy something from the UK, Ireland, etc
What would be the best way to set up this, so that we can charge the user the price, plus Tax in the invoices?
fierce garden
the simplest option is to use Automatic Tax, that will compute the tax automatically for you
this is explained in the link that was shared above
fierce saddle
Looking at the link, the tax would be calculated based off the customer's address and etc, but we would be charging him in different locations and in different currencies
For example, in the UK we would charge a user 20% vat but in Ireland that same user would be 23%
Can we set the tax code in the invoice itself?e
fierce garden
Looking at the link, the tax would be calculated based off the customer's address and etc, but we would be charging him in different locations and in different currencies
I'm not sure I follow. Is ths an issue?
fierce saddle
This is me trying to figure out how we would implement the tax bit for customers that buy items in different locations without having to change the customer's details
Because in our case, the same customer could be buying items in multiple countries (in different invoices of course) and in those cases we would be charging different tax%, but unless I am reading the docs wrong, tax in invoices is based off the customer details
fierce garden
the same customer could be buying items in multiple countries
you could create one Customer obejct for each country they are buying from.
fierce saddle
I see what you mean, I had thought about that but I was not sure if that was the best approach
I assume this is the only way to get the invoice tax for different locations then? Create multiple customers in Stripe?
fierce garden
if you want to use Automatic Tax, then it will use the customer's address to compute the Tax. so either update the customer address, or use different customers.