As John said, having Paddle deal with VAT saves us lots of time and boring administrative work.

In EU accounting rules are quite strict, so you have to enter every single transaction into your accounting books. A lot of this work is still done manually. Having one lump sum frees us from that as well.

The last time I checked Stripe is not available to merchants in Slovenia.

And Paddle works with PayPal also. Many people prefer to use PayPal instead of credit cards.