#jo_best-practices
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- jo_best-practices, 17 hours ago, 14 messages
late kiln
Hi! Can I confirm what do you mean by auto-tax feature?
willow apex
Not sure if that is what it is called. Basically using stripe to do the tax calculation. For countries like US and Canada this requires the zip code. Since we cannot display that on auto mode there I just want to verify that it is really needed or maybe stripe does not display it since it is not required in Brazil.
late kiln
If you wish to use Payment Element for automatic tax calculation, you can try Embedded components [0, 1]. It allows you to build a checkout page on your website using Stripe Elements and Checkout Sessions. You can use to to collect tax as well [2].
[0] https://docs.stripe.com/payments/accept-a-payment?platform=web&ui=embedded-components
[1] https://docs.stripe.com/checkout/custom/quickstart
[2] https://docs.stripe.com/payments/checkout/taxes?payment-ui=embedded-components
willow apex
https://docs.stripe.com/api/customers/create
During customer creation you can define to have tax calculation happen immediately. Is it required to pass zip code for the address of the user in order for this to work in Brazil where the zip code field is not displayed using the payment element on auto mode? That is all we need to know. If it is required or not.
late kiln
Are you using Payment Element to collect customer details?
willow apex
Yes exactly
https://docs.stripe.com/payments/payment-element
When you switch country to US you can see the zip code field appear...this does not happen for Brazil. We just want to know if it is required to collect zip code for Brazil for tax calculation. If it is not needed then we're good.
late kiln
Are you using Stripe Tax? You mentioned the Payment Element is auto mode. What do you mean by that?
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cedar cipher
hi! I'm taking over this thread.
willow apex
I meant that the setting for displaying zip code is on auto. You can only change it to off and auto. So stripe essentially determines if zip code is displayed or not in each country. My question is if we need to collect the zip code from the countries where it is not displayed like Brazil for tax calculation to work correctly.
cedar cipher
correct, you cannot force the display of zip code in the Payment Element. so if you want to show it all the time, the solution is to:
- set its display to never
- then add your own HTML <input> on the page to always collect the zip code
willow apex
But do we need the zip code for tax calculation when it is not displayed?
Maybe stripe does not display it since it is not required?
If it is not required and tax calculation works fine then that is all I need to know
cedar cipher
But do we need the zip code for tax calculation when it is not displayed?
it depends. how are you doing the tax calulation currently?
willow apex
afaik we pass the address including zip for US and Canada when we create the customer and set tax calculation to immediate
Can you explain a scenario where we would not need the Zip code and where we would need it? We are planning to rolling tax calculation out to Brazil in the future and need to plan accordingly.
cedar cipher
can you answer my question: how are you calculating Tax? are you using Automatic Tax, or something else?
or the Tax Calulation API?
willow apex
I will come back to you. Please keep the thread open.
cedar cipher
the thread may close due to innactivity. but feel free to open a new one if needed.