But yeah, also VAT calculations should be outsourced how ever possible. In the US, sales tax is at the postcode level so it gets really crazy.
It sucks you have to pay VAT even on digital goods and services nowadays. Ideally it'd be abolished entirely.
I also have experience with wage tax calculation systems, and the solution we went with was browser automation that used a third party wage tax calculator. That stuff can be impossibly complicated -- and with many governments it changes every year too!
what do you propose as replacement? It's not as if the governments are going to let go part of their tax revenues
What would you suggest to outsource VAT calculations? We've yet to find a tool / platform we really like, that we could partner with.
Not sure how much it costs but doesn't look very SMB/startup-friendly...