Thanks Ivan. The eWay payment gateway I'm using doesn't actually require an address for credit card transactions though, which makes things slightly harder. I guess I could fake it and ask for the address details anyway, but it seems weird and poor UX to ask for a physical address in order to use something online.
Robbie On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 8:08 PM, Ivan Vanderbyl <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Robbie, > > I asked my accountant this a few months back. Basically, if you're > customers are in australia, you charge them GST. Otherwise it is a GST free > export. You decide whether they are in aus based on the address supplied > during checkout to match against their credit card details. > > — Ivan > > On 19/01/2012, at 8:02 PM, Robbie Shepherd wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Wondering how other folks handle GST collection for SAAS-based products. > Both the client/site owner and payment gateway are Australia-based, and so > are the majority of their clients going to be, though the site is open to > global customers as well. > > > > I would assume that if you provide a "check this box if you're an > Australian" check box to pay more than other people, it's not going to get > checked much and the client will be stung with paying the GST component > regardless? > > > > Cheers, > > Robbie > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en.
