[Aurornis]

> I don't need or want anyone to ever physically appear at an address I provide,

Is Stripe revealing this address to customers?

This page only says a business address must be provided, not that it will be revealed to customers.

If you have a business, you already have a business address and you're paying taxes somewhere. Why can't you use that address?

> Suddenly if my business exists at my home address, my city wants a local business license and zoning compliance permit, so they can inspect the non-existent physical location and be sure the zero traffic it is generating isn't causing a burden on my neighbors

What country are you in? Do you have any examples of this happening, or is this just a hypothetical you came up with?

Regardless, if your business is registered and you're paying taxes then, again, there's already an address associated with it. Stripe verifying this address isn't going to send local inspectors to your home.

[jjav]

> Is Stripe revealing this address to customers?

One needs to assume that policies can always change. I don't know if they are revealing the addresses today, but once they have them, they may well start revealing them next month.

Or they may have a data breach that just leaks everything.

[anticorporate]

> If you have a business, you already have a business address and you're paying taxes somewhere. Why can't you use that address?

As I said, I pay for the privilege of having a fictional address with a registered agent. It's a racket, but unfortunately, an unavoidable one until we stop this nonsense.

> What country are you in? Do you have any examples of this happening, or is this just a hypothetical you came up with?

The United States, and yes, I personally know someone who this happened to.

> Regardless, if your business is registered and you're paying taxes then, again, there's already an address associated with it. Stripe verifying this address isn't going to send local inspectors to your home.

My problem isn't with Stripe, it's with governments creating unnecessary hoops for people to jump through that don't actually solve any compliance issues. I pay for the privilege of avoiding it with a third party service that provides an address. I shouldn't have to. It doesn't help me, and it doesn't actually do anything for regulatory compliance.