[billconan]

We currently use stripe + taxjar, but it's too complex to handle for a side-hustle in my opinion.

I have heard of https://paddle.com/ , which is a payment service + tax handling. Basically it's like apple's app store. You sell your creation to paddle, and they resell it. So they will handle taxing and you get royalty. it's way easier.

I have never tried them, but if I were to create a side-hustle, I will consider paddle.

[aravya]

Thanks for the advice, been looking at Paddle/FastSpring. If I may ask, did you start with tax collection on day one?

[billconan]

ya, the tax is calculated using taxjar's api on day one and it's reflected on the checkout page. (https://www.taxjar.com/sales-tax-calculator/). But I'm unsure about tax filing, because I don't know about our accounting. (We are a startup).

If this is for my own side-hustle, I wouldn't want to deal with it. It's super complex. Each city has a different tax rate, and you need to file taxes to different states. Each state has a tax free allowance.

[aravya]

Got it, this helps. Been leaning towards Paddle/FastSpring etc.

[billconan]

BTW, I have never heard of FastSpring, is it the same as Paddle?

[aravya]

From the docs, both seem to be equivalent offerings, yet to dig to depth.