VAT field cannot be made mandatory for non-EU buyers
VAT number cannot be made required for non-EU buyers, and the field keeps an Optional label even when set to B2B.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 10 May 2023 · last reported 17 April 2025
What's going wrong
Merchants selling outside the EU say they must collect a VAT number from business buyers, but the extension ignores the required setting for countries outside the EU, so they cannot open those markets.
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