Payment Settings: VAT

This article discusses the default VAT settings for an Event, which will be applied to all products unless a product has its own individual VAT settings. All products can have individual VAT settings if required.

When setting up your event in Evessio VAT will be set as the System default settings.

To make changes to the VAT Settings click on your event. Under the REVENUE menu select Payment settings. Scroll to the bottom of the page where you will see VAT Settings. Click Edit.

Please note it is your responsibility to ensure all VAT obligations are met. 

You will then see four options in a drop down menu: 

• System default settings

System default settings will be the VAT required for the country in which your event is set up. If your event is based in the UK the default will be the UK VAT rate.

•  Never charge VAT

If you select Never charge VAT there will be no VAT added.

•  Charge Rate

If you wish to charge a specific rate of VAT you should select Charge Rate. 

• Customize settings

If you have more complex VAT requirements you can select Customize settings.  This allows you to set VAT requirements by country. The system will automatically generate 3 Zones. You can customize these Zones or add a zone of your own.

Accept Customer VAT Number

If you select Charge Rate or Customize settings you can choose to Accept Customer VAT Numbers. You can then charge those who enter a VAT number a different amount of VAT to those who don’t, make it an optional or required field and choose if VAT number validation should be enforced.

Note that if you make the VAT Number field Required and Enforce validation your customers will be required to enter a VAT number that matches the expected format for the Customer's country in order to complete their purchase.

VAT code

For more information about VAT codes click on the following article: Payment Settings-Vat Codes