Showing a VAT widget to every visitor regardless of country or tax status causes confusion. A customer in a country where you don’t collect VAT shouldn’t see an exemption form. A B2B buyer in Germany has different needs from a retail shopper in the UK. New widget visibility controls in the Translate Product Images app let you hide the VAT widget for specific countries and configure exactly how tax exemption mode behaves. Here’s what changed and how to set it up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TL;DR: Two new settings give you more control over your VAT widget visibility and how tax exemptions are applied.<\/strong> Running a B2B store that sells to multiple European countries? You’ve probably noticed that showing a VAT validation widget isn’t always helpful for every visitor. Maybe you only want to offer VAT exemption to customers from certain countries, or perhaps your tax setup is simpler than the standard EU reverse charge mechanism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We’ve added two new settings to give you exactly that control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Previously, you could only hide the widget for your own country<\/a> (same-country visitors). Now you can hide it for any combination of countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In your app settings under “Storefront Widget”, you’ll find a new text field where you can enter country codes separated by commas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is useful when:<\/p>\n\n\n\n By default, when a customer validates their VAT number, they’re marked with EU reverse charge exemption<\/a> in Shopify. This is the correct setting for most EU B2B transactions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, some merchants need a simpler approach. The new tax exemption mode setting offers two options:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nYou can now hide the widget for specific countries and choose between EU reverse charge or simple tax exemption mode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Hide the Widget for Specific Countries<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Tax Exemption Mode: Reverse Charge vs Don’t Collect Tax<\/h2>\n\n\n\n