EU VAT Enhanced for Magento 2 automates correct VAT handling in your Magento 2 store: from the initial tax configuration and VAT number validation through to dynamic VAT calculation based on the customer address. This lets you handle intra-community trade in a compliant way, without manually maintaining countless tax rates and rules.
Automated VAT setup
The extension configures the tax structure required for EU trade at the click of a button and spares you error-prone manual work:
- Tax rates for all EU member states
- Tax classes for customers and products
- Tax rules that link classes and rates correctly
- Store configuration with sensible defaults for B2B and B2C sales
AJAX-based VAT number validation
Your customers' VAT identification number is validated in real time, without reloading the page:
- Validation against VIES for VAT numbers from the EU
- Validation against HMRC for VAT numbers from the United Kingdom
- VAT number entry with country code prefix (e.g.
DE123456789) - Instant feedback to the customer at checkout and in the customer account
Dynamic VAT calculation by customer address
Tax is calculated from the actual shipping or billing address, not rigidly from the customer group:
- Calculation based on shipping and billing address
- Independent of the customer group, so no conflicts with your existing groups
- Works for guests too, without a customer account
- Correct tax exemption for the intra-community reverse-charge procedure
Automatic customer group assignment
Optionally, the extension assigns your customers to the matching groups, just like Magento's standard behaviour:
- Assignment based on a valid or missing VAT number
- A dedicated non-EU group for customers from third countries
- Fully optional and compatible with your existing group structure
OSS and Brexit/UK
The extension takes the current regulatory requirements for EU and UK trade into account:
- Support for the One Stop Shop (OSS) scheme using the destination country's tax rates
- Handling of the Brexit/UK threshold for shipments to the United Kingdom
Why EU VAT Enhanced?
Maintaining EU tax rates by hand is time-consuming and error-prone. EU VAT Enhanced for Magento 2 takes this work off your hands, validates VAT numbers reliably against the official registers and calculates tax based on the real customer address. This reduces support effort, prevents incorrectly charged tax and gives you the confidence to handle EU and UK sales correctly.
You will find more details on the EU VAT Enhanced for Magento 2 product page and in our overview of Magento extensions. If you have questions about the tax configuration in your store, feel free to contact us.