Rooders - Checkout + Tax

[main moon]

Hello, can you show me your code for how you are creating these Checkout Sessions?

[low rampart]

Yes let me get that

session = await stripe.checkout.sessions.create({
        mode: "subscription",
        payment_method_types: ["card"],
        customer: customerId,
        line_items: [
          {
            price: priceId,
            quantity: 1,
          },
        ],
        subscription_data,
        allow_promotion_codes: true,
        success_url: `https://${hostname}/payment/success?session_id={CHECKOUT_SESSION_ID}`,
        cancel_url: `https://${hostname}/payment/canceled`,
        client_reference_id: user.id,
      });

I found some sources in doc showing this:

  automatic_tax: {
    enabled: true,
  },

But in my tests when I use "bacs_debit" and not "card" it seems to work properly

Is it something mandatory for card?

Or maybe there is some issue with the fact that my customer is already existing without address?

[main moon]

Can you clarify on that last question? Are you saying VAT worked with a pre-existing customer but not one that the Checkout Session created?

[low rampart]

Sorry... I mean that I pre-create Customer (before Checkout Session creation) in order to have capability to not multiply customers in Stripe DB for the same user in my platform. Then I create the Checkout Session depending on user input to payment_method_types: ["card"] or payment_method_types: ["bacs_debit"]. In the last case scenario it seems that VAT is correctly calculated while it is not for the first case (for card).

But in both cases I do not have address for the Customer.

But for bacs_debit an address is required so maybe the difference comes from there and the Country + Post Code does't suffice to calculate VAT?

Code for bacs_debit part:

session = await stripe.checkout.sessions.create({
        mode: "setup",
        payment_method_types: ["bacs_debit"],
        customer: customerId,
        success_url: `https://${hostname}/payment/success?session_id={CHECKOUT_SESSION_ID}`,
        cancel_url: `https://${hostname}/payment/canceled`,
        client_reference_id: user.id,
      });

[main moon]

As far as I know, Checkout should make sure to ask for any info needed to calculate tax. To clarify, is anything else different between these calls other than specifying card or bacs_debit?

Also out of curiosity, have you created a Checkout Session that uses both to see if there is a difference between them within the same session?

[low rampart]

There is no difference between these calls except the fact that the mode for bacs_debit have to be setup and have obviously other subcription handling on the webhook part in order to use the Intent and create the actual Subscription.

And to respond to your second question: you cannot (except if something has changed) because unfortunately bacs_debit is not handled by Checkout form in mode subscription...

I had a chat on support about this topic and the way I implemented it was the only way: 1. setup intent 2. create subscription

As far as I know, Checkout should make sure to ask for any info needed to calculate tax.
That was my thought too but someone succeed to create a subscription without VAT with card method that is why I am here now 😅

[main moon]

Sorry I dropped off of this thread for a while. Do you have the ID of both of these subscriptions?

I was a bit too busy to try to reproduce this myself before but now I am working on that and will let you know what I can find.

[low rampart]

You mean in production?

Maybe I can try to create this in test env and give you IDs

[main moon]

Wherever you saw the subscription without VAT

[low rampart]

sub_1LKlOWFPuxSmQJV9ji9EfJhU

For the other I need to dig...

And I have kid to pick up so... To be continued... :/

[main moon]

No worries, thanks for the ID, I will let you know what I can find here in this thread

We can follow up on this through email instead of Discord if you would like. Just write in to [e-mail], mention you talked to me, and then DM me your email address so I can grab the email