#mo223 - Tax ID Verification
torn barn
thanks!
cursive rivet
I'm not familiar with the specific changes you're referring to. Do you have a link to further details about the behavior change?
Oh, just found it!
torn barn
ok great! in case it helps, we got this email from stripe:
We’re writing to let you know about a change we’re making to the Stripe API that will enforce correct formatting for German company tax IDs (Handelsregisternummer) created via the /v1/accounts creation and update endpoints.
Until now, we haven’t been validating German company tax IDs. Without a correctly formatted company tax ID, we’re not able to programmatically verify the ID or the business and instead need to conduct a manual review, leading to longer verification wait times. By validating the company tax ID during account creation and updates, we aim to reduce the time you need to wait for a tax ID to be verified.
From July 11, 2022, you will receive an error with status code 400 and error code ‘invalid_tax_id’ if you attempt to create (or update) a German connected account with an invalid company tax ID.
We recommend updating your integration for Custom Connect to handle this new error case.
As a reminder, a correctly formatted Handelsregisternummer should start with a capitalized 2–3 letter register type, followed by a 2–10 digit individual number, with an optional 1–2 letter suffix. For example: HRB 1234, HRA 58343 FL, or PR 345.
If you have any questions about this, you can contact us via email, phone, or chat on our support site at any time.
— The Stripe team```It looks like this change was expected to have rolled out by now, but as you said you're not seeing the difference. Per the email I think the best course of action is to contact Stripe Support with your questions and details about the behavior you're seeing: https://support.stripe.com/contact/email
torn barn
ok will do, thanks!