International sales tax advice needed!

I have a tip jar for my accounts and websites ( @feditips, https://fedi.tips etc) which I mainly use to cover their costs. One of them is through ko-fi, the other is through liberapay. **Income tax is not an issue, I declare what I get to my country's government as part of my tax return.**

The problem I have is that my payment processor is now informing me I might (or might not) have to keep track of sales tax on donations:

-I'm not selling anything, there are no perks for donors. The services will happen regardless of whether anyone tips me.

-It would be incredibly complicated, it would mean registering with dozens of different countries.

-The total donations from each country are tiny, usually a few euros per year. The largest one is a few hundred per year.

-I'm not earning enough to have an accountant.

-I can't find any advice on this situation!

Can anyone help?

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@FediThing @feditips which payment processor is asking you to keep track of that?

@zym

Stripe, but I am wondering if they are just trying to panic people into buying tax services from them 🤔

They don't say I have to do it, just that I *may* have to do it.

@FediThing I am like 99.9% certain they're just pressuring people into buying their tax services since they do take a cut every transaction themselves for their tax calculations, which is a really bullshit money grabbing move imo. They did the same trick to me but I refused their services, and so far I'm doing fine, no letters so far

@zym

Yeah, I'm wondering if you might be right...

I'm feeling a bit naive now 😳

@FediThing Idk how else I can help from here, good luck!