[_trackno5]

Nice project, but this is a bit of a misrepresentation of Gumroad.

The reason you “give up” so much money to them is because they handle VAT, which this service doesn’t seem to do at all.

Stripe by default will not collect and remit VAT.

[jhartist]

Stripe actually does collect VAT and helps you file and remit. Check out their docs page for doing this with Payment Links, which is what Easyful uses:

https://stripe.com/docs/tax/paymentlinks

[_trackno5]

Like I said, and the link confirms, it will not by default collect tax.

For that you need to set up Stripe Tax on top of it. Stripe Tax itself also takes a cut from your payment.

It also “helps” you file taxes only by providing the reports you need. You still need to file the reports and each country is different.

Please read the FAQ before this causes you trouble: https://stripe.com/docs/tax/fa q

>> Does Stripe Tax handle remitting and reporting tax, or filing tax returns?

> Stripe Tax doesn’t handle remitting and reporting tax, or filing tax returns. Stripe Tax provides itemized and summarized exports to help users prepare, file, and remit the tax that was automatically calculated and collected. To automate filing in the US, we recommend using TaxJar’s AutoFile solution. In Europe, we recommend using Taxually or Marosa. To get started, visit Taxually’s partner page or Marosa’s partner page.

Disclaimer: I work at Stripe

[tiborsaas]

> because they handle VAT

Not everywhere unfortunately, so I still have to pay attention to it, which I can't so it's a show-stopper for me.