Description

With EU VAT for WooCommerce Pro plugin you can collect and validate EU VAT numbers on WooCommerce checkout. Optionally you can automatically disable VAT (i.e. exempt) for valid numbers.

Main Features

• Multiple frontend options: field label, placeholder, description, position, country and user role visibility and more.
• Multiple validation options: customizable frontend messages, option to validate but preserve VAT in selected countries, check matching customer’s country by IP, check matching company, allow VAT number input without country code etc.
• Includes EU VAT report.
• Plugin is WPML/Polylang compatible.
• Includes EU country VAT rates tool – a tool to add all EU country VAT standard rates to WooCommerce.
• VAT is automatically validated through http://ec.europa.eu service.

EU VAT for WooCommerce Plugin Options

Main plugin settings are located in “WooCommerce > Settings > EU VAT”.

• Frontend Options
• Display Options
• Validation Options
• Progress Messages
• Admin Options
• Advanced Options

Frontend Options

Field label

Label visible to the customer.

Default: EU VAT Number

Placeholder

Placeholder visible to the customer.

Default: EU VAT Number

Description

Description visible to the customer.

Default: None

Required

Sets if EU VAT field is required on checkout.

Default: no

Confirmation notice

Will add an additional confirmation notice on the checkout on empty VAT ID. For example you can enable this if EU VAT field is not required, but you still want to display a confirmation notice to the customer when no VAT ID was entered.

Default: no

Confirmation notice text

“Confirmation notice” must be enabled.

Default:

You didn't set your VAT ID. Are you sure you want to continue?

Priority (i.e. position)

Sets EU VAT field’s position in the billing section of the checkout page. Here are the default fields priorities: First name – 10, Last name – 20, Company – 30, Country – 40, Address 1 – 50, Address 2 – 60, City – 70, State – 80, Postcode – 90, Phone – 100, Email – 110.

Default: 200

Max length

Specifies the maximum number of characters allowed in the field. Ignored if set to zero.

Default: 0

Clear

CSS clear option.

Default: yes

CSS class

CSS class option. Possible values: Wide; First; Last.

Default: Wide

Label CSS class

Label CSS class option.

Default: None

Always show zero VAT

Will always show zero VAT amount in order review on checkout.

Default: no

Show field for selected countries only

Ignored if empty (i.e. field is shown for all countries). Enter country codes as comma separated list, e.g. to show field for EU VAT countries only enter:

AT,BE,BG,CY,CZ,DE,DK,EE,ES,FI,FR,GB,GR,HU,HR,IE,IT,LT,LU,LV,MT,NL,PL,PT,RO,SE,SI,SK,MC,IM

Default: None

Show field for selected user roles only

Ignored if empty (i.e. field is shown for all user roles). Compatible with all (i.e. custom) WordPress user roles.

Default: None

Display Options

Display

If empty – will display after order table. Possible values: After order table; In billing address.

Default: After order table

Validation Options

Validate

Enabled/disables EU VAT validation.

Default: yes

Message on not valid

Message will be displayed, when customer tries to checkout with invalid VAT number (“Validate” option must be enabled). Replaced value: %eu_vat_number%.

Default:

<strong>EU VAT Number</strong> is not valid.

First validation method

Change this if you are having issues when validating VAT. This only selects first method to try – if not succeeded, remaining methods will be used for validation. Possible values: SOAP; cURL; Simple.

Default: SOAP

Exempt VAT for valid numbers

Enables/disabled VAT exemption.

Default: yes

Preserve VAT in selected countries

This will validate the VAT, but won’t exempt VAT for selected countries. Country for “Base (i.e. store) country” option is set in “WooCommerce > Settings > General > Store Address”. Possible values: Base (i.e. store) country; Comma separated list; Disable.

Default: Disable

Preserve VAT in selected countries: Comma separated list

Enter country codes as comma separated list, e.g. IT,NL. Ignored unless “Comma separated list” option is selected above.

Default: None

Check country by IP

This will check if customer’s country (located by customer’s IP) matches the country in entered VAT number.

Default: no

Check company name

This will check if company name matches the VAT number.

Default: no

Check for matching billing country code

This will check if country code in VAT number matches billing country code.

Default: no

Allow VAT number input without country code

This will allow customers to enter VAT number without leading country code letters and still get VAT validated. In this case, country will be automatically retrieved from billing country input.

Default: no

Always exempt VAT for selected user roles

Ignored if empty.

Default: None

Always not exempt VAT for selected user roles

Ignored if empty.

Default: None

Skip VAT validation for selected countries

List all countries you want VAT validation to be skipped for (i.e. VAT always valid). Ignored if empty. Enter country codes as comma separated list, e.g. IT,NL.

Default: None

Progress Messages

Add progress messages

Enabled/disables progress messages on checkout.

Default: no

Validating

Message when validation is in progress.

Default: Validating VAT. Please wait...

Valid

Message on valid VAT.

Default: VAT is valid.

Not valid

Message on invalid VAT.

Default: VAT is not valid.

Validation failed

Message on VAT validation server timeout etc.

Default: Validation failed. Please try again.

Admin Options

Meta box

Adds EU VAT number summary meta box to admin order edit page.

Default: no

Column

Adds EU VAT number column to admin orders list.

Default: no

Advanced Options

Debug

Log will be added to “WooCommerce > Status > Logs”.

Default: no

Session type

Possible values: Standard PHP session; WC session.

Default: Standard PHP session

WPML/Polylang Compatibility

To translate field label, placeholder, description, all messages options etc. you can use [alg_wc_eu_vat_translate] shortcode by entering it directly in settings, e.g.:

[alg_wc_eu_vat_translate lang="DE,NL" lang_text="EU-Steuernummer" not_lang_text="EU VAT Number"]

or in more complex form:

[alg_wc_eu_vat_translate lang="DE"]EU-Steuernummer[/alg_wc_eu_vat_translate][alg_wc_eu_vat_translate lang="NL"]BTW nummer van de EU[/alg_wc_eu_vat_translate][alg_wc_eu_vat_translate not_lang="DE,NL"]EU VAT Number[/alg_wc_eu_vat_translate]

EU VAT Report

EU VAT report can be accessed via “WooCommerce > Reports > Taxes > EU VAT”.

EU country VAT Rates Tool

EU country VAT rates tool can be accessed via “Tools > EU country VAT Rates”.