Country-based VAT for EU digital sales

EU VAT Assistant Premium extends WooCommerce checkout and order records for stores selling digital goods and services to customers in the European Union. For the VAT rules it supports, it calculates VAT using the customer’s country of consumption. After activation, it records the location and sale details used to determine the VAT treatment of each new order.

Checkout evidence and business sales

Customers can enter an EU VAT number at checkout for validation through the VIES service. When a number is valid, WooCommerce can apply a VAT exemption. Options for accepting numbers when VIES is unavailable or overloaded are disabled by default.

Merchants can configure the plugin to require valid EU VAT numbers for B2B sales or prevent customers from entering them for B2C sales. Settings can also exclude specific countries from checkout, and customers can be allowed to self-certify their location.

Reports, currency and tax destination

Recorded order details support VAT and MOSS report preparation. The listed reports include EU VAT by Country, VIES and INTRASTAT. A dedicated VAT reporting currency can differ from the WooCommerce store currency, with VAT amounts converted for reporting. MOSS reports can use the exchange rate saved with an order or the European Central Bank rate.

For mixed product and service sales, merchants can set the country to which each VAT rate is payable. Reports can then distinguish the tax destination in cases where digital products and services involving human intervention have different place-of-supply treatment.

Scope and product status

The plugin was designed primarily for digital products and EU VAT MOSS rules. It does not include functions specific to VAT OSS on physical goods, such as shipping-related handling. Merchants should review the recorded information when preparing and filing returns.

The product description says the EU VAT Assistant reached end of life on June 30, 2022, and is no longer maintained or supported. Its changelog includes entries through October 2026, making its current maintenance status unclear. The description says it is intended for existing customers with developers who can handle maintenance and troubleshooting.