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 .

We have the same question. Sufio seems to have a solution for this but we haven’t tried it yet. It’s also quite expensive and we don’t need an invoice generator app. Any tips are welcome!

It seems that they Shopify does not support a decent VAT validation for B2B in EU… That’s a shame for Shopify as long as competitors are offering this (Prestashop, Bigcommerce, Woocommerce, etc…) I was ready to opening my E-Commerce shop first time with SHOPIFY when I realized my B2B customers can…

I just realize this too late…I trusted that if they operate in EU that they would comply with EU tax regulations. Don’t seem to me that they will ever make this available since their answer to my request is always that they comply with EU regulations what is true if you sell just for private consum…

Big + 1 here. If Shopify wants to take the EU market they need to find a solution so you can: Add a VAT number in the CHECKOUT (and not with shady 3th party plugins in the cart) Offer native VIES validation in that checkout Offer configuration possibilities depending on the country of the client E…

Big +1 I am migrating to woocommerce because of this. Paying $50 bucks for Sufio for this functionality is a scam really. It’s a basic thing and should not be paywalled like this. +VIES validation + automatic VAT exemption on checkout. It’s extremely frustrating. How hard can this be to impleme…

@Shopify_77 is there any comment on this? That is super frustrating. We are currently operating 2 Stores and will be gone if this won’t become an function within the next months.

I have exactly the same problem. It’s sad.

This is getting ridiculous. If shopify doesn’t provide a solution fast I’m leaving the platform once and for all. Relying on buggy apps that look terrible and provide even worse user experience means loosing lots of clients.

Yeah, for us this problem is also very problematic and makes us loose tons of small B2B clients. VAT-UE upgrade is a must-have for Shopify if you are operating in Europe. We are starting to regret a decision to place our shop on Shopify.

EU business tax exemption base on VAT validation (VIES)

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jesick December 12, 2022, 11:55am 6

Totally agree,

we ave to tell customers which want to order with the Tax excempt to send us a screenshot of their basket so we create the order manually. Super unproductive and complicated.

@Shopify_77 please.

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EU business tax exemption base on VAT validation (VIES)

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