# Adds option to automatically validate customer tax location during an update

## What’s new

We’re adding `auto` as an option for [tax.validate_location](https://docs.stripe.com/api/customers/update.md?api-version=2024-10-28.acacia#update_customer-tax-validate_location) to simplify integrating with [Stripe Tax](https://docs.stripe.com/tax.md). If you try to [update a customer](https://docs.stripe.com/api/customers/update.md?api-version=2024-10-28.acacia) with an unrecognized location after the customer’s [tax location is verified](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/customer-locations.md), the API returns a  `400` [validation error](https://docs.stripe.com/api/errors.md?api-version=2024-10-28.acacia). Stripe recommends setting set `tax[validate_location]="auto"` for all new Stripe Tax integrations. (Currently, this only works for customers with [automatic tax-enabled subscriptions](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/subscriptions.md#estimate-taxes-total).)

To validate customer addresses during collection, set `tax[validate_location]="immediately"` when you [create a customer](https://docs.stripe.com/api/customers/create.md?api-version=2024-10-28.acacia).

## Impact

Helps users of Billing and Tax avoid [invoice finalization](https://docs.stripe.com/invoicing/integration/workflow-transitions.md#finalized) errors due to invalid customer tax locations.

## Changes

#### REST API

| Value  | Change | Enum                                                                                                                               |
| ------ | ------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `auto` | Added  | [Customer#update.tax.validate_location](/api/customers/update?api-version=2024-10-28.acacia#update_customer-tax-validate_location) |

#### Ruby

This change does not affect the Ruby SDK.

#### Python

| Value  | Change | Enum                                                                                                                                           |
| ------ | ------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `auto` | Added  | [stripe.Customer.ModifyParamsTax.validate_location](/api/customers/update?api-version=2024-10-28.acacia#update_customer-tax-validate_location) |

#### PHP

This change does not affect the PHP SDK.

#### Java

| Value  | Change | Enum                                                                                                                                    |
| ------ | ------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `auto` | Added  | [CustomerUpdateParams.tax.validate_location](/api/customers/update?api-version=2024-10-28.acacia#update_customer-tax-validate_location) |

#### Node.js

| Value  | Change | Enum                                                                                                                                    |
| ------ | ------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `auto` | Added  | [CustomerUpdateParams.tax.validate_location](/api/customers/update?api-version=2024-10-28.acacia#update_customer-tax-validate_location) |

#### Go

This change does not affect the Go SDK.

#### .NET

This change does not affect the .NET SDK.

## Upgrade

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## Related changes

- [Adds support for new countries to the Tax Registration API](https://docs.stripe.com/changelog/acacia/2024-10-28/tax-registration-new-countries.md)
- [Adds support for tax ID types in several new countries](https://docs.stripe.com/changelog/acacia/2024-10-28/tax-ids.md)
- [Adds support for collecting retail delivery fees](https://docs.stripe.com/changelog/acacia/2024-10-28/tax-retail-delivery-fee.md)