# How Merchant of Record reduces your Legal & Compliance risk

DevFeed: [How Merchant of Record reduces your Legal & Compliance risk](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-merchant-of-record-reduces-your-legal-compliance-risk-9999.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://dodopayments.com/blogs/merchant-of-record-legal-compliance/>)

Author: Ishani Sahai

Published: 2025-11-17T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Dodo Payments Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/dodo-payments-blog.md>)

Topics: [Software as a service](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/saas.md>), [Security, Privacy and Abuse Prevention](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security-privacy-and-abuse-prevention.md>), [Transactions](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/transactions.md>)

Tags: [ccpa](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ccpa.md>), [chargebacks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chargebacks.md>), [compliance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/compliance.md>), [data-privacy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-privacy.md>), [gdpr](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gdpr.md>), [global](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/global.md>), [invoicing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/invoicing.md>), [legal](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/legal.md>), [merchant-of-record](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/merchant-of-record.md>), [payments](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/payments.md>), [regulatory](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/regulatory.md>), [saas](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/saas.md>), [tax](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tax.md>), [time](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/time.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains how a Merchant of Record can reduce legal and compliance risks for SaaS companies selling globally. It covers tax remittance, invoicing, refunds, consumer-protection rules, KYC and AML checks, data privacy, chargebacks, and related regulatory obligations.

## Source excerpt

Understand how a Merchant of Record lowers legal and compliance risk by handling tax remittance, invoicing, disputes, and global regulatory obligations.