European VAT Compliance Assistant for WooCommerce Premium adds buyer validation, exemption rules and detailed order data to VAT workflows for stores selling across the EU, UK, Norway and Switzerland. The add-on records customer location from a billing or shipping address and an IP-based GeoIP lookup, then displays the evidence and VAT calculation details in the WooCommerce order screen.

Which buyers can receive a VAT exemption?

At checkout, clients can enter a VAT number for validation through VIES, HMRC or VatSense. Qualifying buyers can be exempted from VAT, with their VAT information recorded on the order. The number can appear alongside the billing address in order summary emails and PDF invoices. When using WooCommerce PDF invoices and packing slips, you can add a configurable invoice footer line for VAT-exempt transactions.

For partial exemptions, select the product tax classes to which the exemption applies. You can also set country-specific rules that remove VAT when an order passes a configured value. Multiple rules can cover various countries and amounts.

How can checkout enforce a B2B policy?

Stores that require VAT-exempt business purchases can require EU and/or UK customers to enter a valid VAT number. Set different policies by VAT region and choose whether customers in your own country are included. A separate Premium option can change product tax classes according to year-to-date sales thresholds until the configured threshold is met.

What location and tax details are recorded?

The underlying plugin uses the customer’s billing or shipping address and a GeoIP lookup as location evidence. Premium can require two non-contradictory pieces of evidence. If the address and GeoIP result conflict, the customer is asked to self-certify by choosing between them. The resulting location evidence and information used to calculate VAT are available with the WooCommerce order.

GeoIP can also help display location-based prices from a customer’s first product view. A country-selection widget or shortcode lets users choose their country. In WooCommerce tax settings, the plugin can add or update EU and UK standard and reduced VAT rates. For mixed shops, store owners can assign customer-place-of-supply rules to selected tax classes while other products use traditional base-country VAT rules. The plugin can distinguish VAT from other taxes payable to different jurisdictions.

How do reports and invoices handle currencies?

VAT reports can be sorted by country, VAT rate, VAT type and order status, and exported as a CSV. Premium adds a detailed CSV download with VAT data for orders in configured regions. Order records include relevant refunded VAT information for review and reporting.

Stores can configure reporting currencies and exchange-rate providers for tax regions, with exchange-rate information stored with orders. VAT tax details can appear in multiple currencies on PDF invoices produced with WooCommerce PDF invoices and packing slips, and on credit notes produced by its Premium counterpart.

Which subscription extensions are supported?

Premium supports the official WooCommerce Subscriptions extension, Subscriptio and Subscriben. Before processing orders, configure the applicable countries, VAT rates, reporting currencies, exchange-rate providers, exemption policies and invoice options. During checkout, the plugin evaluates location evidence and VAT information; order records retain the relevant tax details for review and reporting.