{
  "slug": "stripe-tax-adds-event-location-tax-calculation-for-ticket-sales-e7afdaf055a2",
  "title": "Stripe Tax adds event-location tax calculation for ticket sales",
  "tools": [
    "stripe"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "introduced_at": "2026-03-25T00:00:00.000Z",
  "announced_at": "2026-03-25T00:00:00.000Z",
  "effective_at": null,
  "date_basis": "source-publication",
  "status": "unknown",
  "how": {
    "incantation": "For ticket sales and other event-based transactions using Stripe Tax, calculate tax using the event location. Create a Tax Location and pass its ID as `performance_location`; the exact calculation parameters are not available in the pages I could read.",
    "gotchas": [
      "Availability: API version 2026-03-25.preview",
      "performance_location (required): Pass the Tax Location ID when calculating tax. The release note states this; I could not verify its precise parameter location or required status in an accessible API reference.",
      "requirements.performance_location: Tax Code requirements object describing tax location requirements; some tax codes require a performance location. The accessible reference did not document this property's subkeys or allowed values.",
      "country_options.us.type: US Tax Registration type. The release note names `admissions_tax`, `entertainment_tax`, and `tourism_tax`; the accessible object reference did not show this property's allowed values.",
      "Applies to ticket sales and other event-based goods and services when using Stripe Tax.",
      "Calculates tax based on event location rather than customer location."
    ]
  },
  "why_it_matters": "When implementing tax calculation for ticket sales or other event-based goods and services with Stripe Tax, calculate tax using the event location.",
  "sources": [
    "https://docs.stripe.com/changelog/dahlia/2026-03-25/stripe-tax-ticket-sales-event-location",
    "https://docs.stripe.com/api/tax_codes/object?api-version=2026-03-25.preview#tax_code_object-requirements-performance_location"
  ],
  "rank": 0.95019,
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    "publish": true,
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    "prompt_version": "extract-v7+enrich-v2+judge-v2x3+jev-publish-v1"
  },
  "review_state": "approved",
  "provenance": {
    "run_id": "wave1b-tools-20261017",
    "verdict_id": "wave1b-tools-20261017:wave1b-tools-20261017-6da7009f5e97df68-0:gate",
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    "reviewer": "publication-gate",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z",
    "decision": "wave1b-tools-20261017:gate",
    "reason": "3 of 3 judge runs approved with p_yes >= 0.9 (mean 0.95 >= 0.9; 2 needed) and Jev gave 0.70 (>= 0.6 needed)."
  }
}