The Canary Islands are part of Spain but outside the EU VAT area. That creates a specific challenge for Shopify stores: you want to show a VAT exemption widget to customers in the Canary Islands, but not to regular Spanish customers on the mainland. Until now, that required workarounds. A new Region Exceptions feature in the Translate Product Images app solves this precisely: you can target the Canary Islands as a separate region and show or hide the VAT widget independently from the rest of Spain. Here’s how it works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TL;DR:<\/strong> Spanish Shopify stores can now show the VAT exemption widget to Canary Islands visitors while hiding it from mainland Spain. Our new Region Exceptions feature automatically detects Canarian businesses so they can validate their VAT number for tax-free B2B purchases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you run a Shopify store in Spain, you’ve likely encountered this frustrating situation: you want to hide the VAT widget from Spanish consumers (who pay normal IVA), but Canarian businesses need to see it for VAT exemption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The problem? Shopify sees both mainland Spain and the Canary Islands as “ES” \u2014 there’s no way to distinguish between them. Until now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With our new Region Exceptions<\/strong> feature, you can finally show the VAT exemption widget<\/a> to visitors from the Canary Islands while keeping it hidden for mainland Spanish shoppers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Canary Islands (Islas Canarias) have a special tax status within Spain:<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Canary Islands VAT Problem<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Why Are the Canary Islands Different?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n