Title: Will this plugin help?
Last modified: November 3, 2017

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# Will this plugin help?

 *  Resolved [Vero44](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vero44/)
 * (@vero44)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/will-this-plugin-help-2/)
 * Hi. I live in the UK and need to ship NON-DIGITAL products around the world from
   sales on my WooCommerce website. My understanding is that I need to charge VAT
   on UK and EU sales but not to people outside of the EU. I also shouldn’t charge
   VAT to any EU businesses who can provide a VAT number. More info here:
 * [https://www.gov.uk/guidance/vat-exports-dispatches-and-supplying-goods-abroad](https://www.gov.uk/guidance/vat-exports-dispatches-and-supplying-goods-abroad)
 * What is the best way to set this up and will your plugin help?
 * Thanks in advance.

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 *  Plugin Author [David Anderson / Team Updraft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidanderson/)
 * (@davidanderson)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/will-this-plugin-help-2/#post-9649122)
 * Yes, you can use the plugin to help with non-digital goods. There are lots of
   people doing that. Though, if you are doing business-to-business sales are want
   to take VAT numbers, that’s a feature of the Premium version, not the free: [https://www.simbahosting.co.uk/s3/product/woocommerce-eu-vat-compliance/](https://www.simbahosting.co.uk/s3/product/woocommerce-eu-vat-compliance/)
 * David
 *  Thread Starter [Vero44](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vero44/)
 * (@vero44)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/will-this-plugin-help-2/#post-9654980)
 * Thanks for the quick reply David.
 * I’m using a table rate shipping plugin and there is UK VAT applied on my shipping,
   which I believe is the correct way to charge if I’m shipping a VAT chargeable
   product.
 * Let’s say my price to ship to a private individual in France is £100. My shipping
   table for that country has £100 in it, which would work fine. If the person has
   a business though and they add their VAT number, the software would then only
   charge £80 shipping (£100 MINUS their £20 local VAT reduction), leaving me out-
   of-pocket.
 * How would I prevent this from happening?
 *  Plugin Author [David Anderson / Team Updraft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidanderson/)
 * (@davidanderson)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/will-this-plugin-help-2/#post-9655123)
 * I think you’re over-complicating things. If the customer is marked as VAT exempt,
   then WooCommerce core won’t apply any taxes to their order.

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 * 3 replies
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 * Last reply from: [David Anderson / Team Updraft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidanderson/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/will-this-plugin-help-2/#post-9655123)
 * Status: resolved