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Easy Digital Downloads EU VAT

1.7.4 — 18 December, 2025

  • Fix— Vat validation running when the field is empty.
  • Dev— Updated internal libraries.
  • Dev— Tested up to WP 6.9 and EDD 3.6.2

1.7.3 — 4 November, 2025

  • Fix— updated Estonia VAT rate.
  • Dev— Updated internal libraries.
  • Dev— Tested up to EDD 3.6.0

1.7.2 — 14 October, 2025

  • Tweak— Updated Romania VAT rate.
  • Fix— i18n notice when the EDD Invoices plugin is active.
  • Dev— Updated internal libraries.
  • Dev— Tested up to WP 6.8.3 and EDD 3.5.2

1.7.1 — 4 September, 2025

  • Dev— Updated internal libraries.
  • Dev— Tested up to WP 6.8.2 and EDD 3.5.1

1.7.0 — 28 May, 2025

  • New— Replaced HMRC VAT API integration with VATSense API integration.
  • Tweak— Updated internal libraries.

1.6.1 — 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 — 4 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 — 3 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 — 16 September, 2024

  • Fix— Removed the "Requires Plugins" section from the plugin header.

1.5.25 — 9 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 — 2 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 — 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 — 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 — 22 August, 2023

  • Tweak— Display both EU and UK VAT numbers in invoices template.

1.5.20 — 9 August, 2023

  • Dev— Updated internal libraries.
  • Dev— Tested up to WP 6.3.

1.5.19 — 1 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 3 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 — 19 April, 2023

  • Tweak— set new temporary VAT rate for Luxembourg.

1.5.13 — 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 — 20 February, 2023

  • Tweak— added internal debugging utilities.

1.5.11 — 8 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 — 3 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 8 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 — 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 — 24 March, 2022

  • Fix— WordPress crashes when EDD is disabled without disabling EDD EU VAT first

1.5.3 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 7 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 — 13 October, 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 17 December, 2019

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

1.0 — 28 November, 2019

  • Initial release.

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