# Makes Boleto tax ID nullable in payment method details for Payment Records

## What’s new

Updates the [payment_method_details.boleto.tax_id](https://docs.stripe.com/api/payment-record/object.md?api-version=2026-02-25.clover#payment_record_object-payment_method_details-boleto-tax_id) field to be nullable on the [Payment Record](https://docs.stripe.com/api/payment-record.md?api-version=2026-02-25.clover) and [Payment Attempt Record](https://docs.stripe.com/api/payment-attempt-record.md?api-version=2026-02-25.clover) objects. Previously, this field always returned a string value. You can still provide the tax ID when recording Boleto payments, but it’s no longer required.

## Impact

If your integration reads the `tax_id` from `payment_method_details.boleto` on Payment Record or Payment Attempt Record objects, it can now return `null`. Update any code that assumes this field is always present to handle a null value.

## Changes

#### REST API

| Fields                                                                                                            | Change  | From → to                   |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | --------------------------- |
| `PaymentAttemptRecord.payment_method_details.boleto.tax_id`, `PaymentRecord.payment_method_details.boleto.tax_id` | Changed | `string → nullable(string)` |

#### Ruby

| Fields                                                                                                          | Change  | From → to                   |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | --------------------------- |
| `PaymentAttemptRecord::PaymentMethodDetail::Boleto.tax_id`, `PaymentRecord::PaymentMethodDetail::Boleto.tax_id` | Changed | `string → nullable(string)` |

#### Python

| Fields                                                                                                      | Change  | From → to                   |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | --------------------------- |
| `PaymentAttemptRecord.PaymentMethodDetail.Boleto.tax_id`, `PaymentRecord.PaymentMethodDetail.Boleto.tax_id` | Changed | `string → nullable(string)` |

#### PHP

| Fields                                                                                                            | Change  | From → to                   |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | --------------------------- |
| `PaymentAttemptRecord.payment_method_details.boleto.tax_id`, `PaymentRecord.payment_method_details.boleto.tax_id` | Changed | `string → nullable(string)` |

#### Java

This change does not affect the Java SDK.

#### Node.js

| Fields                                                                                                            | Change  | From → to                |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | ------------------------ |
| `PaymentAttemptRecord.payment_method_details.boleto.tax_id`, `PaymentRecord.payment_method_details.boleto.tax_id` | Changed | `string → string | null` |

#### Go

This change does not affect the Go SDK.

#### .NET

This change does not affect the .NET SDK.

## Upgrade

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