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Hello the team ! I have a small problem, I use a flow to create a subscription with Stripe, but the VAT does not apply. Any idea how to pass the right parameter? In the Stripe documentation, they talk about a parameter
// Set your secret key. Remember to switch to your live secret key in production.
// See your keys here: https://dashboard.stripe.com/apikeys
const stripe = require('stripe')('sk_test_5dXxvFIaZj0dx4k01oBghT9F');
const subscription = await stripe.subscriptions.create({
customer: 'cus_13729he8947269',
items: [{price: 'price_HGd7M3DV3IMXkC', quantity: 1}],
automatic_tax: {enabled: true},
payment_behavior: 'default_incomplete',
expand: ['latest_invoice'],
});
To define a VAT number for a new subscription using the Stripe Node SDK, you’ll need to create a customer with the VAT number and then create a subscription for that customer. Here’s an example using the Stripe Node SDK: First, install the Stripe package: bash npm install stripe Then, use the following code to create a customer with a VAT number and create a subscription: const stripe = require('stripe')('your_stripe_api_key'); async function createCustomerWithVAT(vatNumber, email) { const customer = await stripe.customers.create({ email: email, tax_id_data: [ { type: 'eu_vat', value: vatNumber, }, ], }); return customer; } async function createSubscription(customerId, priceId) { const subscription = await stripe.subscriptions.create({ customer: customerId, items: [ { price: priceId, }, ], }); return subscription; } (async () => { const vatNumber = 'your_vat_number'; const email = '[customer@example.com](mailto:customer@example.com)'; const priceId = 'your_price_id'; const customer = await createCustomerWithVAT(vatNumber, email); const subscription = await createSubscription(customer.id, priceId); console.log('Customer created:', customer); console.log('Subscription created:', subscription); })(); Replace 'your_stripe_api_key', 'your_vat_number', '[customer@example.com](mailto:customer@example.com)', and 'your_price_id' with your actual values. This code will create a customer with the specified VAT number and email, and then create a subscription for that customer using the specified price ID.
Sounds like the VAT number is applied to the customer resources, not the subscription. Very easy to mix up, I too would have thought the VAT was associated with the subscription.
But I suppose that makes sense, the customer can have multiple subscriptions, but only has one VAT.
Yes, that’s possible. You’d think the subscription would inherit the tax info by default, but you might need to pass that parameter to the subscription creation request.
Just curious! Because I was trying the scaffolding myself and the form encoding was not working well. I ended up switching to the Stripe Node.js SDK instead.
