Apply Stripe Tax to a one-time payment and handle tax-exempt customers via customer tax IDs
domain: stripe.com/docs · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Enable Stripe Tax in the Dashboard and configure your tax registrations for applicable jurisdictions
When creating a PaymentIntent or Checkout Session, set automatic_tax.enabled to true; Stripe derives the tax from the shipping or billing address
For B2B exempt customers, create a TaxId on the Customer object via POST /v1/customers/:id/tax_ids with type and value matching the jurisdiction format
After payment, retrieve the PaymentIntent and inspect the latest_charge.calculated_statement_descriptor and tax fields to confirm tax amounts
For invoices, review the total_excluding_tax and total_tax_amounts fields to produce compliant receipts showing itemized tax
Known gotchas
Stripe Tax requires the customer address or shipping address to be present and valid; if no address is available, Stripe falls back to the origin address which may apply the wrong rate
Tax ID validation is asynchronous; Stripe marks the TaxId as unverified initially and updates it after validation; zero-rate exemption applies only after verification is complete
Stripe Tax does not yet support all jurisdictions; check the supported markets list in the documentation before relying on automatic calculation in less common regions
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