EU Vat ID checker

Automatic EU VAT ID Validation

This plugin is useful for European shops, where VAT rules are the following:

• VAT is charged at the shop rate for all customers based in the EU or if the EU VAT ID is invalid
• VAT is not charged if:
  • The customer is not based in the EU   
  • The customer is based outside the shop country and has a valid EU VAT ID

This plugin offers a new shopperfield for registration.

It checks for you, whether the customer is based in the EU, the validity of the given EU VAT ID, and assigns a new group to the shopper. The results of the live check are stored in your database as a proof of the check.

Using Bill-To address of vendor and shopper and live validation of the tax id at VIES VAT number validation. Stores history of the results for legal compliance.

Price without tax displayed for non european customers

The correct prices without VAT for non-european customers can also be shown, installing the Geolocator component. In this case, the anonymous users outside of the EU are directly assigned into the shoppergroup which has not to pay tax.

Notice: If you want to check for country consistency, please ensure that the Localise plugin is enabled.

Includes Plugin iStraxx Geolocator for Joomla