Hi there, Anyone can tell me how can I run a store in EU with shopify if they don’t provide a tool at checkout to verify VAT id of a EU business and automatically apply tax exemption for that customer after VAT is validated? I try to use an app “exemptify” but is buggy, don’t look nice, only shows…

Hi, this is Mike from Shopify. We have launched VAT Number Validation as part of Shopify Tax. You can read more here .

Hi, I am trying to use Exemptify, but with poor results. I just visited your store (looks cool). How did you manage to place VAT ID validation section in the right side in the basket page? When I’m trying to add this section into my basket page - it is awkwardly placed on the left side, completely i…

Hey Maria, Well, for placement, I ask to developer of the module (exemptify). For editing, same thing, ask the developer (you can eg. my website as it’s same module) Last answer : Exactly, it allows to exempt VAT the customer (with valid VAT number in the field), it is working well on my shop

Hey Anonymousko, thanks for your reply :slightly_smiling_face: I managed to implement the Exemptify app correctly (uff :)). I studied your store, especially your cart page with the VAT ID validation - you have it done soo well and it looks understandable for a client as well. I see on your cart p…

Hello, As Shopify developers, we’ve been running into this issue for a long time. It’s truly a necessity for many of our B2B clients. For this reason, we’ve created such an app ourselves to assist everyone with this. Additionally, it stores the VAT ID for the specific customer. The app can be viewe…

Hello, They unfortunately haven’t picked this up yet. For this reason, we’ve created this app ourselves that is linked with VIES. I hope this helps those who are reading. If the implementation doesn’t quite work out, please let us know :slightly_smiling_face: https://apps.shopify.com/oo-eu-tax-exe…

Hello Mike, thanks for a update. Its a good direction, but it would be nice if it would be open solution, not just the part of Shopify Tax. Do you think it might happen in the future? Unfortunately we dont plan to use Shopify Tax solutions, but we really need that proper B2B verification.

Hi Mike, Thanks for adding the support and notifying us in this thread. But, it is not entirely clear to me what you exactly need to support this. You state that Shopify Tax is needed. But, as far as I can see the registration of VAT numbers on a customer is only possible in the highest Shopify su…

Sorry, at this present time we have no plans to support it outside of Shopify Tax. Basic and Manual Tax are no longer being enhanced.

EU business tax exemption base on VAT validation (VIES)

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Floris-de-vries April 4, 2024, 7:09am 32

Hello,

We did indeed see with many of our B2B clients that this is really a must. For this reason, we have created the following app for everyone dealing with this.

https://apps.shopify.com/oo-eu-tax-exemption

I hope this helps you further

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