UK VAT after Brexit

[wila]

Hi,

Got an email this morning from the UK government that I can no longer use the VAT Mini One Stop Shop (MOSS) option for UK VAT starting the first of January.

I then investigated what would be needed in order to be able to sell to UK consumers and it turns out that you have to register for UK VAT with UK HMRC.

Sorry that is going way too much of a headache, so I have figured out to simply stop selling to UK consumers (UK businesses are still welcome).

As I am already using the VatNumber module from Prestashop I figured that it could be implemented there...
So I did fork the module and added the required code for that as it was simple enough to add this.

It probably still needs an on/off toggle, but figure to share it here already as I'm unsure if I will add the toggle before January 1st.

https://github.com/wilva/vatnumber/tree/dev

The feature looks like this once implemented:

A few important notes:
- The country code is hardwired to 17, it might be different in your case. (Quick & dirty, needs a fix and do a database lookup on ISO code instead)
- This won't work for existing customers from the UK as they already have put in their address. This is not an issue for my shops, but I can imagine it being a problem
- There's no Off switch

Enjoy!

Edited December 17, 2020 by wila
added usability notes (see edit history)

[MIRCO GARDELLI]

hello,

I have the same problem.
Your solution is interesting but you haven't considered that brexit doesn't apply to Northern Ireland. therefore by doing so you lose purchases from private consumers in Northern Ireland.

what do you think about it?

Mirco

[wila]

Hi Mirco,

As far as I can tell, customers from Northern Ireland still have country code "GB", not "IE" as that is a different country.

See also:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_3166_country_codes
 

FWIW, I will probably end up using a slightly different approach and use a reseller in the UK instead, but that only means I will amend the error text to redirect my customers to the reseller.

[MIRCO GARDELLI]

Hello, 

I enabled the "state" field in prestashop and entered northern ireland and great britain. so I will be able to apply different VAT rates and different transport costs according to the state.

[Hart]

On 12/26/2020 at 4:38 PM, wila said:

Hi Mirco,

As far as I can tell, customers from Northern Ireland still have country code "GB", not "IE" as that is a different country.

See also:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_3166_country_codes
 

FWIW, I will probably end up using a slightly different approach and use a reseller in the UK instead, but that only means I will amend the error text to redirect my customers to the reseller.

Northern Ireland VAT code is XI according to VIES check: https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/?locale=en

GB must be removed from VIES check because UK is not in Europe anymore and VIES will fail if activated for GB vats

Edited June 18, 2021 by Hart (see edit history)

[Inform-All]

On 6/18/2021 at 12:49 PM, Hart said:

Northern Ireland VAT code is XI according to VIES check: https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/?locale=en

GB must be removed from VIES check because UK is not in Europe anymore and VIES will fail if activated for GB vats

Thanks, i have not added this before because Prestahop does not (yet, i hope) have the XI country by default.

[LieBM]

Hi,

we have developed a module to manage VAT, taxes, Brexit and customer groups. Very useful and professional.

Advanced VAT Manager

Best regards!

[Inform-All]

15 hours ago, LieBM said:

Hi,

we have developed a module to manage VAT, taxes, Brexit and customer groups. Very useful and professional.

Advanced VAT Manager

Best regards!

Or the free version: 

 

[LieBM]

2 hours ago, Inform-All said:

Or the free version: 

 

It is not the free version of our module. It is a free module different than ours, obviously.... It has nothing to do in terms of benefits and options. But it is good that the user has a free version to compare with.