European VAT Compliance Assistant for WooCommerce Premium

European VAT Compliance Assistant for WooCommerce Premium extends VAT workflows for stores serving clients in the EU, UK, Norway and Switzerland. It connects customer-location evidence with VAT-number checks, exemption policies and the information stored on orders for review and reporting.

How addresses and GeoIP inform VAT records

The plugin records the customer’s billing or shipping address and an IP-based GeoIP lookup. Premium can require two non-contradictory pieces of location evidence. If the address and GeoIP result conflict, the customer is asked to select between them and self-certify their location. The evidence and VAT calculation details appear in the WooCommerce order screen.

What a VAT number changes at checkout

Customers can enter a VAT number for validation through VIES, HMRC or VatSense. Qualifying customers can then be exempted from VAT, with their VAT information recorded on the order. The number can be appended to the billing address wherever it appears, including 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.

Partial VAT exemption lets you choose which product tax classes qualify. For B2B-only sales, you can require EU and/or UK customers to enter a valid VAT number at checkout. Set various policies for each region, with the option to include or exclude customers in your own country.

How region, sales and order value shape exemptions

Premium can change a product’s tax class until a configured year-to-date sales threshold is met. You can also set country-specific rules that remove VAT when an order exceeds a specified value, with multiple rules for different countries and amounts.

Where currency details appear

The add-on stores exchange-rate information with orders and works with different reporting currencies and rate providers by tax region. VAT can be separated from other taxes when they are payable to different jurisdictions. VAT amounts 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.

A detailed CSV download includes VAT information for orders from configured regions. Premium also supports the official WooCommerce Subscriptions extension, Subscriptio and Subscriben.

Configure the store’s VAT workflow

Review your WooCommerce tax options, then configure applicable regions, VAT rates and tax classes, reporting currencies and exchange-rate providers, validation services, exemption policies and invoice options before processing live orders.