Time for action – using VAT validation

Perform the following steps to use Magento's VAT validation function:

  1. Create customer groups, so that you can put a customer in a certain group, depending on a valid or invalid VAT ID number. You need to create four different customer groups for it.
  2. Navigate to System | Configuration | Customers | Customer Configuration and expand the Create New Account Options section as shown in the following screenshot:
  3. Enable the function for automatic VAT ID validation and set the Customer Group value you just created. From that moment on, new customers will be asked to enter their VAT ID at the account creation, after which it will be validated automatically. Depending on the validation result, the customer will be added to the correct customer group and assigned to that customer group is the Customer Tax Class, which gives you the possibility to define the needed tax rates and also create corresponding tax rules.

Please note that as an owner, you also need to supply and validate your own VAT ID to use this functionality. Navigate to System | Configuration | General and enter your Country and VAT Number to validate it. Please note that you should leave out the first two characters that determine the country. Just select your country, enter the VAT number, save, and then click on the Validate button:

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