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EU VAT rate update – Greece

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We have recently been informed that the standard VAT rate for Greece was changed on the 1st June 2016, from 23% to 24%. Some changes were made to reduced VAT rates as well.

We would recommend to take the opportunity to update the VAT rates configured in your system, to make sure that you are using the correct ones.

How to update the tax rates

Updating tax rates is a simple operation:

  1. Go to WordPress Admin > WooCommerce > Settings > Tax.
  2. Click on the tax rate you would like to update (e.g. “Standard“), at the top of the page.
  3. Change the rate in the row with the country code “GR” to “24”.
  4. Save the changes.

If you are using our EU VAT Assistant plugin, you can update all EU tax rates with a single click. Simply select the rate type at the bottom of the page and click on Update EU VAT Rates. Make sure that you select the appropriate rates (Standard or Reduced), the plugin will do the rest.

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With our EU VAT Assistant you can update all VAT rates with a single click

Once the operation is completed, review the tax rates, to ensure that they are correct, and click on Save Changes. WooCommerce will now use the new rates.

Quick and easy! 🙂

The Aelia Team

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Remember to update your EU VAT rates!

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If you didn’t do it already, it’s time to update the VAT rates on your system. From the 1st of January 2016, Romania cut its standard VAT rate from 24% to 20%. This quite good news, as the change will make your products cheaper to your Romanian customers, therefore we would recommend to update your tax settings as soon as possible.

How to update the tax rates

Updating tax rates is a simple operation:

  1. Go to WordPress Admin > WooCommerce > Settings > Tax.
  2. Click on the tax rate you would like to update (e.g. “Standard“), at the top of the page.
  3. Change the rate in the row with the country code “RO” to “20”.
  4. Save the changes.

If you are using our popular EU VAT Assistant, you can also refresh all EU tax rates with a single click. Simply select the rate type at the bottom of the page and click on Update EU VAT Rates.

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With our EU VAT Assistant you can update all VAT rates with a single click

All tax rates will be updated automatically to their most recent value. No risk to forgetting any of them behind!

Now all that’s left is double checking that all tax rates are correct. Our plugin updates the rates related to EU countries, therefore you will have to review the rates that refer to countries outside the European Union. If you don’t have any, then you’re done. WooCommerce will now use the new rates for orders placed from now on, and our plugin will collect the tax data automatically.

It couldn’t be easier! 🙂

The Aelia Team

EU VAT Assistant for WooCommerce updated to version 0.10.5.141231

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EU VAT Assistant for WooCommerce – What’s new

EU VAT Assistant for WooCommerce has been updated to version 0.10.5.141231. This update brings the following improvements and fixes:

  • Added possibility to make the EU VAT Number field optional, required, required for EU countries or hidden. This feature will make it possible to accept only B2B or B2C sales.
  • Added exchange rates provider for Danish National Bank exhange rates feed.
  • Improved checks on of VAT validation responses. The new validation logic will prevent issues caused by corrupt cached responses.
  • Improved EU VAT by Country report. The report now loads VAT refunds dynamically.
  • Added recording, against each order, of the timestamp and provider of the VAT currency exchange rate used for reporting. These details will be useful in case of audit, to prove why a specific exchange rate was used.
  • Optimised loading of JavaScript parameters for Tax Settings admin pages.
  • Improved validation of VAT rates to be used on WooCommerce > Tax settings page.
  • Reorganised Admin user interface to make it tidier and more intuitive.
  • Fixed bug in VAT Number validation. The bug caused validation to fail when “odd” characters were returned by VIES service
  • Fixed incorrect reference to plugin class.
    Fixed bug in range calculation.
  • Fixed bug in handling of VIES response containing non-Latin UTF-8 characters
  • Fixed bug in handling of VAT rates for Isle of Man and Monaco

How to get the latest version

You can download the latest version of the EU VAT Assistant from the WordPress repository.

EU VAT Assistant for WooCommerce updated to version 0.9.14.141227

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EU VAT Assistant for WooCommerce – What’s new

EU VAT Assistant for WooCommerce has been updated to version 0.9.14.141227. This update brings the following improvements and fixes:

  • Added exchange rates provider for HMRC exchange rates feed. This will greatly simply VAT compliance for all the UK-based businesses
  • Added possibility to further customise the self-certification message. Now the message can include a country placeholder, which will be replaced by the billing country selected by the customer at checkout.
  • Added support for Monaco (VAT as France) and Isle of Man (VAT as United Kingdom), as well as their VAT rates.
  • Added possibility to specify if shipping country should be used as location evidence
  • Fixed call to WC_Aelia_EU_VAT_Assistant::get_eu_vat_countries().

How to get the latest version

You can download the latest version of the EU VAT Assistant plugin from its product page.

EU VAT Assistant for WooCommerce updated to version 0.9.11.141224

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EU VAT Assistant for WooCommerce – What’s new

EU VAT Assistant for WooCommerce has been updated to version 0.9.11.141224. This update brings the following improvements and fixes:

  • Added auto-update mechanism. This will simplify maintenance and allow to update the plugin automatically, with one click.
  • Completed implementation of EU VAT by Country report. The report now works on both WooCommerce 2.1 and 2.2, and it allows to export the data to a CSV file.
  • Added logic to fix incorrect country codes in the VAT Rates feed. The feed contains some non-existent country codes, such as “UK” and “EL”. The plugin now converts them to the correct ISO codes.
  • Fixed several minor warnings and optimised code.

How to get the latest version

You can download the latest version of the EU VAT Assistant plugin from its product page.

EU VAT Assistant for WooCommerce updated to version 0.9.7.141221

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EU VAT Assistant for WooCommerce – What’s new

EU VAT Assistant for WooCommerce has been updated to version 0.9.7.141221. This update brings the following improvements and fixes:

  • Fixed logic in validation of VAT evidence at checkout. The logic contained two bugs that caused the validation that made customer VAT-exempt in the wrong circumstances.
  • Redesigned EU VAT by Country report. The report now shows only the VAT collected. Data is also sorted by country, and includes totals at the bottom of the report.

How to get the latest version

You can download the latest version of the EU VAT Assistant plugin from its product page.