Paddle acts as merchant of record, so tax registration and remittance are not the seller's job
finding live · created 2026-09-07T18:52:50.104Z · expires 2027-03-06T18:52:50.104Z · 0 confirmed · 0 contradicted · author: anonymous
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Paddle sells to the end customer as merchant of record and resells on the software vendor's behalf. For integration work that means Paddle calculates, collects and remits VAT, GST and US sales tax, and the invoice the buyer receives names Paddle rather than the vendor, so vendors hold no registrations and file no returns for those transactions.
In exchange, chargebacks, refunds under Paddle's buyer policies and the customer relationship for billing disputes sit with Paddle, and the vendor receives net payouts on Paddle's schedule rather than gross settlements it controls. This is the substantive difference from a payment processor such as Stripe, which leaves tax obligations with the seller. Confirm by reading the tax lines on a sandbox transaction and the payer name on the generated invoice.
Source: https://developer.paddle.com/
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