1.7.1

Release date 04 September 2025

• DEV

  Updated internal libraries.

• DEV

  Tested up to WP 6.8.2 and EDD 3.5.1

1.7.0

Release date 28 May 2025

• NEW

  Replaced HMRC VAT API integration with VATSense API integration.

• TWEAK

  Updated internal libraries.

1.6.1

Release date 12 May 2025

• TWEAK

  Trigger VAT validation on checkout on "blur" event.

• TWEAK

  Renamed the label of the VAT "Check" button to "Validate".

• TWEAK

  Added hooks to the SoapClient used to validate VAT numbers from the VIES API.

• FIX

  Upgrades and/or renewals sometimes have tax added even when a valid VAT number was provided in the first payment.

• FIX

  WP 6.8.1 i18n compatibility.

• DEV

  Updated internal libraries.

• DEV

  Tested up to WP 6.8.1 and EDD 3.3.8

1.6.0

Release date 04 March 2025

• NEW

  Updated HMRC VAT validation to use the new HMRC API.

• TWEAK

  Updated Slovakia VAT rate.

• FIX

  Recurring payments being setup with a VAT charge.

• DEV

  Tested up to WP 6.7.2 and EDD 3.3.6

1.5.27

Release date 03 December 2024

• FIX

  Translation compatibility issues with WordPress 6.7

• DEV

  Updated internal libraries.

• DEV

  Tested up to WP 6.7.1 and EDD 3.3.5

1.5.26

Release date 16 September 2024

• FIX

  Removed the "Requires Plugins" section from the plugin header.

1.5.25

Release date 09 September 2024

• TWEAK

  VAT rate for Finland has been increased to 25.5%

• TWEAK

  No longer set session data when not reverse charged or no VAT number is present.

• TWEAK

  Added a new filter for the insert_subscription_payment method.

• DEV

  Minor internal changes.

• DEV

  Tested up to WP 6.6.1 and EDD 3.3.3

1.5.24

Release date 02 April 2024

• FIX

  fatal error when activating the plugin while EDD is not active.

• FIX

  VAT "Billed To" section not visible due to payment key not longer available via global variable.

• DEV

  Updated internal libraries.

1.5.23

Release date 11 January 2024

• TWEAK

  Updated VAT rate for Estonia.

• TWEAK

  Hide "Additional Information" header when you don't have notes.

• TWEAK

  Display appropriate list of countries under the "Country of VAT registration" input inside the setup wizard.

• TWEAK

  Minor changes to the settings panel and steps of the setup wizard.

• FIX

  Display missing countries under the "Country" input inside the setup wizard.

• DEV

  Minor internal changes.

• DEV

  Updated internal libraries.

• DEV

  Tested up to WP 6.4.2

1.5.22

Release date 31 October 2023

• TWEAK

  clear the tax rate cache prior to displaying the cart when the checkout block is used.

• TWEAK

  VAT field description hidden when using checkout blocks for consistency.

• TWEAK

  Added payment object and payment ID as extra arguments to the "edd_vat_export_vat_ec_sales_vat_number" filter.

• FIX

  spacing between the state/province/zip fields and the VAT field.

• DEV

  Updated internal libraries.

• DEV

  Tested up to WP 6.3.2

1.5.21

Release date 22 August 2023

• TWEAK

  Display both EU and UK VAT numbers in invoices template.

1.5.20

Release date 09 August 2023

• DEV

  Updated internal libraries.

• DEV

  Tested up to WP 6.3.

1.5.19

Release date 01 August 2023

• FIX

  Checkout displaying "Invalid Requester member state" when the "Country of VAT registration" is set to "United Kingdom" due to change in VIES api.

1.5.18

Release date 25 July 2023

• TWEAK

  Display all countries into the "Country" field.

• TWEAK

  Added filters for the selectors used when updating the checkout template.

1.5.17

Release date 11 July 2023

• TWEAK

  Renamed the current "Country" setting to “Country of VAT registration”

• TWEAK

  Added a new “Country” field used for invoices.

• TWEAK

  Added partial German translation.

1.5.16

Release date 13 June 2023

• FIX

  Increased number of returned custom tax rates.

• TWEAK

  Updated internal libraries.

• TWEAK

  Added new edd_vat_recurring_insert_subscription_payment_id filter.

1.5.15

Release date 03 May 2023

• FIX

  Incorrect tax rate applied at checkout when custom and disabled tax rates are being used in EDD 3.0.0+

1.5.14

Release date 19 April 2023

• TWEAK

  set new temporary VAT rate for Luxembourg.

1.5.13

Release date 13 March 2023

• TWEAK

  disabled clearing of VAT details on login.

• TWEAK

  added 2 new filters that can be used to fire custom validation requests for VAT numbers.

• TWEAK

  updated internal libraries.

1.5.12

Release date 20 February 2023

• TWEAK

  added internal debugging utilities.

1.5.11

Release date 08 February 2023

• TWEAK

  updated list of countries available for the "Country" setting.

• FIX

  content of the "Additional Text" setting from the EDD Invoices plugin not displaying.

• FIX

  unable to reverse charge UK VAT for valid UK/GB VAT Numbers.

1.5.10

Release date 03 January 2023

• TWEAK

  updated EDD Invoices integration to conditionally replace templates based on the country of origin of an order.

• TWEAK

  backwards compatible filters for "VAT number" inside Payments exports.

• FIX

  PHP warning when name or address are not defined in the VIES API response.

1.5.9

Release date 10 October 2022

• TWEAK

  updated design of export tools to match EDD 3.0+

• TWEAK

  update "data-total" attribute on tax recalculation on checkout page.

• TWEAK

  toggle "disabled" attribute on billing country dropdown and purchase button while recalculating taxes.

• TWEAK

  added friendly message for the MS_MAX_CONCURRENT_REQ VIES API error.

• FIX

  VAT number not included in the payments export.

• FIX

  clear VAT session on login.

• DEV

  removed plugin promos section in the settings panel.

• DEV

  updated internal libraries.

1.5.8

Release date 26 July 2022

• FIX

  infinite loop if no orders or results to export.

• FIX

  incomplete exports of EU VAT Report & Export EC Sales List Report in EDD 3.0+

• FIX

  wrong VAT percentage rate displayed in the invoice generated by EDD Invoices in EDD 3.0+

• TWEAK

  adjusted positioning of the "Settings" link on the plugins screen.

• TWEAK

  plugin promo positioning in EDD 3.0+

• DEV

  updated Barn2 libraries.

• DEV

  tested to EDD 3.0.1

1.5.7

Release date 22 June 2022

• FIX

  fixed an issue where UK VAT being reverse charged when it shouldn't be.

• DEV

  updated Barn2 libraries.

1.5.6

Release date 08 June 2022

• TWEAK

  added tooltip to the country selection field in the plugin's settings panel.

• TWEAK

  updated barn2 libraries.

• TWEAK

  updated language files.

• DEV

  tested up to WordPress 6.0.

1.5.5

Release date 15 April 2022

• TWEAK

  added "EU MOSS Number" (EU code) as selectable country under the EU Vat settings panel.

• TWEAK

  added "Northern Ireland" (XI code) as selectable country under the EU Vat settings panel.

• TWEAK

  use the EDD Store country name in invoices and receipts when the "EU Moss Number" country is selected.

• FIX

  make sure that the trader address property exists when checking consultation number.

• DEV

  added edd_vat_invoice_address_country_code filter.

1.5.4

Release date 24 March 2022

• FIX

  WordPress crashes when EDD is disabled without disabling EDD EU VAT first

1.5.3

Release date 22 March 2022

• NEW

  improved handling of ajax validation errors at checkout.

• NEW

  improved handling of expired nonces at checkout.

• NEW

  store VIES consultation number if available.

• TWEAK

  swapped the hooks used to copy data for recurring payments.

• DEV

  updated setup wizard library

• DEV

  updated barn2 library

• DEV

  tested up to WordPress 5.9.2 and Easy Digital Downloads 2.11.6.

1.5.2

Release date 12 January 2022

• NEW

  Compatibility with the EDD Invoices plugin version 1.3.2

• TWEAK

  EDD Invoices custom templates only load when the EDD Invoices plugin version is lower than 1.3.2.

• FIX

  Customer VAT details not displaying within the EDD Invoices plugin.

• Tested up to WordPress 5.8.3 and Easy Digital Downloads 2.11.4.1.

1.5.1

Release date 13 December 2021

• FIX

  Compatibility issue with the EDD Invoices plugin version 1.3.1

• FIX

  Frontend javascript ignoring SCRIPT_DEBUG constant.

1.5.0

Release date 07 December 2021

• NEW

  Added support for the Easy Digital Downloads - Invoices plugin.

• NEW

  Added ability to display website address and email address inside the invoice.

• TWEAK

  Switched VIES api url from http to https.

• TWEAK

  Updated language files.

• Tested up to WordPress 5.8.2 and Easy Digital Downloads 2.11.3.1.

1.4.2

Release date 13 Oct 2021

• TWEAK

  Clear EDD Recurring license cancel and renew checkout notice if a VAT number is successfully applied.

• DEV

  Add a filter to allow showing the hidden incorrectly priced EDD Recurring notices.

• Tested up to WordPress 5.8.1 and Easy Digital Downloads 2.11.2.

1.4.1

Release date 29 July 2021

• TWEAK

  Clear EDD Recurring license upgrade checkout notice if a VAT number is successfully applied.

• FIX

  VAT details were not displayed on the Purchase Receipt or EDD PDF Invoice for certain renewal payments.

• FIX

  When using the 'Blue Stripe' template with EDD PDF Invoices, special characters would not display correctly.

• Tested up to WordPress 5.8 and Easy Digital Downloads 2.10.6

1.4

Release date 5 May 2021

• NEW

  Added UK VAT number validation.

• NEW

  Added Company UK VAT number field in settings, which is displayed in purchase receipts and emails.

• NEW

  EDD 3.0 compatibility.

• TWEAK

  Added an admin warning if the PHP Soap extension is not installed on the server.

1.3.5

Release date 8 April 2021

• FIX

  Fixed an issue introduced in EDD 2.10.1 which made the VAT number a required field on checkout when a discount code was applied.

1.3.4

Release date 16 February 2021

• TWEAK

  Switched the purchase receipt details to use a CSS flexbox layout for the columns.

• DEV

  Added new filters to allow VAT number formatting and for handling payment rounding in the EC Sales List export.

1.3.3

Release date 20 January 2021

• UK VAT: Remove VAT number field from checkout for United Kingdom following Brexit.
• TWEAK

  Add expiry for Ireland temporary VAT rate cut.

• FIX

  Cart totals on checkout when prices are inclusive of tax.

• DEV

  Filter added to allow users to optionally display VAT number field for United Kingdom on checkout.

• DEV

  Add Composer project type and remove deprecated file include.

1.3.2

Release date 7 September 2020

• NEW

  Applied the temporary VAT cut for Ireland from 23% to 21%.

• FIX

  Minor error which prevented the VAT field description filter working.

1.3.1

Release date 30 June 2020

• NEW

  Added temporary VAT rate cut for Germany. The VAT rate applied on checkout will be reduced to 16% automatically for customers from 1 July 2020 to 31 December 2020 inclusive.

• Tested with latest versions of WordPress and EDD.

1.3

Release date 14 May 2020

• NEW

  Added full VAT company information to purchase receipt and PDF invoice (if using EDD PDF Invoices).

• FIX

  Added VAT details to subscription renewal payments for EDD Recurring.

• FIX

  Prevent double submission of VAT number validation on checkout.

• FIX

  Hide VAT field when checkout first loaded if billing country not in EU.

• FIX

  The address state on the purchase receipt was displaying the code rather than the full name.

• FIX

  Improve compatibility with EDD Stripe.

• TWEAK

  Always show the VAT tax rate on purchase receipt, regardless of plugin setting to show/hide invoice details.

• DEV

  Added new plugin license system and refactored code.

• DEV

  Added more filters for easier developer customisation.

• DEV

  Added Composer support.

1.2

Release date 15 January 2020

• Added new EC Sales List report for VAT-registered businesses in the EU.
• Added hooks to VAT Payments report to allow adjustment of total and tax amounts (e.g. for currency conversion).
• Prevent VAT field being hidden by EDD Stripe when using the saved billing address feature.
• Move VAT check result inside main VAT field on checkout.

1.1

Release date 17 December 2019

• Hide VAT field on checkout if billing country is not in the EU.

1.0

Release date 28 November 2019

• Initial release.