mentijm-tax | Stripe Developers | Page 1

empty latch Jan 20, 2022, 12:48 PM

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hi! can you clarify a little what "VAT validation" means to you exactly so I can give an accurate answer?

bitter wyvern Jan 20, 2022, 12:50 PM

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Stripe tax is checking the format (countrycode and number format) of the customers tax_id in the checkout if they check "I'm purchasing as a business"

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But then, Stripe is also helping out validating this tax_id by hitting VIES (a european tax / value added tax database) for european customers

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I wonder if this tax_id / VAT is validated before the invoice is finalized and paid or if this validation happens afterwards. I see that there is a webhook called customer.tax_id.updated

empty latch Jan 20, 2022, 12:55 PM

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yep, indeed, make sense.
I tested it just now and the validation is async, as in I completed the CheckoutSession and got redirected/the webhook events, and got the customer.tax_id.updated event a little after that with the verification result

bitter wyvern Jan 20, 2022, 12:58 PM

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hmm

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so the invoice.paid & charge event could happen first and then the tax_id validation can fail after that?

empty latch Jan 20, 2022, 12:59 PM

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AFAIK yes

bitter wyvern Jan 20, 2022, 1:01 PM

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ok, and can it happen before the transaction happens (does it have affect?)

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