VIES VAT Eu Plugin

Overview

The VIES VAT EU plugin is a must-have for every EU business as it's an extremly helpful tool that will allow you to check whether VAT number provided by the customer is valid based on European Commision tool VIES. If the number is valid the plugin can automatically switch-on tax exception for the customer and apply reverse-charge note to related invoices. Invalid VAT-id entries will be automatically removed and all VAT field or tax-except changes will be logged, enabling you to prevent customers from your country from getting tax-exception. Thanks to this module you can also auto-set local tax rate for B2C customers (required by MOSS).

Activating the module

1. If the plugin is included in your HostBill edition you can download it from your client portal.
2. If the plugin is not included in your HostBill edition you can purchase it from our marketplace and then download it from the client area.
3. Once you download the plugin extract it in the main HostBill directory.
4. Go to Settings → Modules, find and activate Vies VAT EUplugin.
5. Once the plugin is activated you will be directed to Settings→ Modules→ Plugins to configure the plugin.

Module configuration

Fill in the configuration fields:

1. Tick if you want to Enable tax exeption
2. Tick if you want to Remove invalid entries
3. Field keeping VAT EU
4. Your country code
5. Tick if you want to Verify profile edits
6. Tick if you want to Verify admin profile edits
7. Set local VAT rate for B2C customer
8. Assume valid tax on VIES error
9. Add reverse charge note
10. Only customers with company name provided

You can watch the video below for additional help with configuring the module: