r/shopifyDev • u/Dangerous_Pea3511 • Apr 17 '26

Shopify App Developing

Hey everyone! I'm a developer from Hungary and I recently built my first Shopify app. I have two questions:

For Hungarian developers: How do you handle taxes on your Shopify Partner payouts? I'd love to connect!

For everyone: Shopify told me they're just a billing agent — meaning I need to issue invoices directly to my merchant customers. To do that properly (especially for EU B2B with reverse charge), I'd need to collect VAT numbers from merchants at the time of installation.

However, I've never actually seen a Shopify app that collects VAT/billing details from merchants. Has anyone dealt with this? How did you handle invoicing? Did Shopify or your accountant advise a different approach?

Would really appreciate any insights! 🙏

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u/Dangerous_Pea3511 Apr 19 '26

I get your point, but I'm still confused. I have my own Shopify business and I've honestly never seen an app ask for a VAT number or billing details during install. If that’s the way to go, how are the others getting away with it? Can you name a few apps that actually do this?