VAT (Value-Added Tax)

How it Works

This plugin adds a new section on the Membership Checkout form titled “European Union Residents VAT”. The customer can select their EU country of residence from a drop-down box or enter their VAT number to avoid the tax. The entered VAT number is validated using the SOAP service provided through the European Commission [docs].

VAT rates are automatically calculated based on the constant rates defined in the plugin. The rates in our plugin are those currently listed by the European Commission [docs].

Add your “Seller Country” to the Payment Gateway page in the Memberships > Settings > Payment Gateway & SSL.

Automatically Detect the User’s Location

We’ve recently added GeoIP support to this add on to automatically detect the user’s country. You must install and activate the GeoIP Detect plugin in order to take advantage of this integration.

Action and Filter Hooks

apply_filters('pmpro_vat_by_country', $pmpro_vat_by_country)

• Filters the VAT tax rate for each countries
• $pmpro_vat_by_country – array mapping country abbreviations to their respective tax rates

apply_filters('pmpro_european_union', $pmpro_european_union)

• Filters the list of countries in the European Union
• $pmpro_european_union – array mapping country abbreviations to their full country names

apply_filters( 'pmprovat_hide_vat_if_same_country', true )

• Filters whether the VAT field should be hidden if the buyer’s country matches the sellers

apply_filters('pmprovat_skip_validation', false)

• Filters whether PMPro should skip validating VAT numbers that are entered

apply_filters('pmprovat_custom_vat_number_validate', $result)

• Filters the result of a VAT number validation check

apply_filters( 'pmprovat_calculated_taxes', $tax, $values, $vat_rate, $vat_number, $eucountry, $bstate )

• Filters the amount of VAT tax that is added to an order
• $tax – a float that is being added to the order
• $values – array passed to the pmpro_tax() function
• $vat_rate – float being charged
• string $vat_number that the user entered
• string $eu_country that the buyer is from
• string $bstate that the buyer is from

apply_filters( 'pmprovat_rounding', 2 )

• Filters the number of decimals to round VAT tax amounts to
• Parameter – integer, default 2

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