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EU-VAT

The VAT rules changed in January 2015. Help me collect information and resources to help micro-businesses that are caught up in the change.

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Third Party Solutions

An increasing number of third parties are announcing how they intend to deal with the EU VAT issue. Please let me know if you know of any more. Solutions below are grouped into four categories:

Intermediaries
These providers absolve you of needing to register for VAT as they act as the primary seller of the product, paying you a royalty or cut of profits.
Sales and Delivery Services
Software - either hosted, self-hosted or plugins for WordPress etc. that allow VAT registered people to collect the required proof and charge the right VAT.
APIs and other services
Services that can help if you are implementing your own solution by dealing with part of the process for you
Plugins for CMS and ecommerce software
If you sell from WordPress or via some ecommerce software, a roundup of plugins that can help with the VAT reporting issue

Intermediaries

If you only sell your products via one of these services then you do not need to register for MOSS.

Name Description Announcement / further information
FastSpring Digital products and subscriptions Are already charging VAT to EU customers despite being a US company so they seem to be on top of legislation.
Avangate Downloads and services
Paddle Software, ebooks, any digital content Blog post confirming they act as intermediary
Pattern Fish Craft patterns
Crafts U Print Craft patterns
Ravelry Knitting and crochet patterns Ravelry and LoveKnitting announcement
Love Knitting Knitting patterns
ClickBank Digital products, also a marketing service (I think)
Digital Goods Store Digital products, changing their business model to support traders. Post with more information
Payhip Sell ebooks, changing their business model to support traders. Post with more information

EU VAT aware Sales and Delivery Software

VAT Registered or intending to register? These services can help you sell your products and ensure you have the data required to complete your MOSS return.

Name Description Announcement / further information
SendOwl End to end sales and delivery solution for downloads Blog post detailing their solution
Selz Sales and delivery of physical and digital products and services Blog post about features being released to support VAT requirements
Recurly Solution for SaaS subscription recurring billing Details of implementation and a VAT microsite
Simplero A solution for selling courses Details of implementation
Ecwid Shopping cart software Blog post explaining the solution
Bandcamp For musicians selling downloads Initially will help collect information but intending to operate ultimately as a marketplace (so will go into the first list)
Digital Product Delivery Shopping cart and digital product delivery service Blog post explaining DPD's solution

APIs and other services

If you are rolling your own solution or already have systems in place these serices can save you writing a lot of code in order to comply. They may also offer plugins for ecommerce systems or payment providers.

Name Description Announcement / further information
Quaderno If you sell using Stripe Quaderno can ensure you charge the correct VAT, issue invoices and provide a report Quaderno and EU VAT
Taxamo API integration with carts and several payment providers to deal with billing, invoicing and reporting
VATAPI A developer friendly API for retrieving VAT rates, invoicing and VAT number validation
Postcode Anywhere Validate addresses, do address lookups and make the UI of collecting addresses easier
EuVatBanner Simple JS script to fetch the country of the visitor. Also displays a banner explaining why service blocked in that country. Free and Open Source. Questions to Matt Burns.

Code libraries

Author Description Link
Will Bond Javascript library for VAT MOSS and Norway VAT Download from GitHub
Will Bond Python library for VAT MOSS and Norway VAT Download from GitHub
Nick Bruun pyvat: VAT validation and calculation for Python Download from GitHub

Plugins for CMS or ecommerce software

Name Description Announcement / further information
Easy EU VAT WordPress Plugin A Plugin for iThemes Exchange
Free WooCommerce Plugin Add/update current VAT rates for different countries, record location based on IP Address, distinguish VAT from other taxes and provide audit information.
WooCommerce Plugin Extends the free plugin with the ability to handle location conflicts via self-certification, input and validate VAT numbers and handle exemption for B2B customers.
IPgeo Plugin for ExpressionEngine To help you look up where people are from based on IP address
GeoIP Plugin for Craft CMS To help you look up where people are from based on IP address
EU VAT Redirect WordPress plugin. Allows you to set buy links differently for visitors from the EU and outside the EU, for VAT purposes.
WooCommerce Taxamo Plugin Taxamo connection with WooCommerce. Requires an account with Taxamo.
WooCommerce EU VAT Checkout WordPress plugin for WooCommerce. Fixates end prices of downloadable products, recalculates included VAT dynamically for EU countries during cart/checkout. Built upon WooCommerce’s tax classes/rates feature, extendable through WooCommerce API.
WooCommerce EU VAT Assistant WordPress plugin for WooCommerce. Extends the standard WooCommerce sale process and assists in achieving compliance with the new EU VAT regime starting on the 1st of January 2015. It's a fully featured, premium plugin, distributed free of charge. Note: a paid version is also available to anyone who would like to get access to premium support.
WooCommerce EU VAT Assistant - Paid version WordPress plugin for WooCommerce. Extends the standard WooCommerce sale process and assists in achieving compliance with the new EU VAT regime starting on the 1st of January 2015. This paid version includes access to premium support.
Easy Digital Downloads – Taxamo Integration WordPress plugin for Easy Digital Downloads. Integrates Easy Digital Download purchases into Taxamo, allowing you to be EU Compliant. Free but paid support available. Premium Support available.