> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.neariq.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# International readiness

> Operating checklist for global customers, localized pricing display, tax, privacy, and connected platform apps.

NearIQ can serve customers globally from a US company, but production rollout needs both product controls and external business review. This page is an operating checklist, not legal or tax advice.

## Business and tax checklist

* Keep the Michigan LLC active and maintain its Michigan registered office, annual statements, and tax obligations.
* Ask a CPA or attorney where the LLC is considered to be "doing business" outside Michigan. Foreign qualification can be triggered by employees, offices, repeated local operations, or other state/country-specific factors.
* Confirm US federal and state tax treatment for international SaaS revenue, sales tax, VAT/GST, withholding, invoices, and customer tax IDs.
* Enable Stripe Tax only after the Stripe account has the correct tax registrations and product tax codes.
* Keep customer-facing Terms, Privacy Policy, DPA, subprocessors, refund policy, and AI/data-processing disclosures current for global customers.

## Pricing and currency

NearIQ plan amounts are USD base prices in `PLAN_CONFIG`. Landing and Billing pages use browser locale to show an estimated local-currency display where supported. The checkout session remains the source of truth for final price, tax, and presentment currency.

For true local-currency subscription billing, configure Stripe Price currency options or separate regional Price IDs for each plan and interval, then update the `STRIPE_*_PRICE_ID` environment mapping. Do not claim exact local billing currency on marketing pages until the corresponding Stripe prices exist in production.

Stripe Checkout is configured with:

* `locale: "auto"` so Checkout localizes supported copy.
* `billing_address_collection: "auto"` so tax and billing details can be collected when needed.
* `tax_id_collection` enabled by default for business buyers.
* `automatic_tax` controlled by `STRIPE_AUTOMATIC_TAX_ENABLED=1`.

## Platform applications

Review each connected app before launching in a new region:

* Stripe: business profile, supported payment methods, tax registrations, tax IDs, refund policy, invoices, and regional subscription prices.
* Hosting/CDN provider: production domains, privacy/security documentation, DPA, region/data controls, environment variables, and log retention.
* Google: OAuth consent screen, production publishing status, authorized domains, brand verification, sensitive/restricted scopes, and Google Business Profile API quota.
* Meta/Facebook: app mode, business verification, required permissions, App Review notes, data deletion callback, and regional privacy disclosures.
* AI providers: model availability, regional terms, data retention settings, budget caps, and per-country pricing assumptions.

## Product requirements

* Pricing UI must label estimated local display separately from final checkout billing.
* AI Chat should answer international legal/tax questions with operational guidance and recommend qualified professional review.
* Public docs should state that AI recommendations are informational and do not replace legal, tax, medical, or financial advice.
* API docs should describe price/currency fields as source data, not verified legal pricing claims.