Call for Feedback: What’s Next for WooCommerce Tax?

As WooCommerce continues to evolve to meet the needs of global businesses, we recognize that taxes play a critical role in the lives of store owners and developers. Managing tax compliance across the globe is a complex and time-consuming aspect of running an online shop, and we want to make it as easy and seamless as possible. That’s why we’re turning to our community for feedback.

Taxes are complex and not harmonized across the world. We’re exploring the feasibility of features and options such as automating tax calculations and ensuring compliance with local, regional, and international tax laws. With ever-changing regulations, customer expectations, and new technologies, we know there’s always room to grow and improve. Ultimately, we want to build the features you truly need.

How can we make tax management in WooCommerce work better for you?

This is your chance to shape the future of tax functionality within WooCommerce. We’re inviting all of you to share your experiences, frustrations, and wishlist for what you’d like to see next.

Whether it’s about simplifying the user experience, adding more automation, integrating with new tax jurisdictions, or offering better reporting tools, we want to hear your thoughts. Maybe you have an idea for a new feature that could transform the way tax is handled, or you’re encountering challenges that make the current system harder to use. This is the time to let us know!

What Happens Next?

We’re committed to listening and acting on your feedback. After gathering responses, our team will review them and identify the areas where we can make impactful improvements. We’ll then prioritize features and updates that align with your needs and pain points, ensuring that mastering taxes in WooCommerce becomes as seamless and effortless as possible. By doing that, we aim to continue to serve businesses of all sizes and complexities.

Your voice matters, and we’re excited to have you shape the future of WooCommerce with us.

How to Get Involved

We’ve made it easy to contribute your feedback:

Share your thoughts via the comment section below ⬇️.
Reach out on X/Twitter using the hashtag #WooTaxFeedback.
Join our GitHub Discussion: What’s next for WooCommerce Tax?

Let’s make sure taxes in WooCommerce are working for your business, now and in the future.

We’re particularly interested in hearing about:

What plugins are you using today?
What complex tax constellations did you come across?
Do you prefer to install a tax automation service or do you want to keep full control by adding your own custom code?

Thank you for being a part of the WooCommerce community. We are looking forward to reading your feedback!

Keep yourself in the loop!

7 responses to “Call for Feedback: What’s Next for WooCommerce Tax?”

Rodolfo Melogli

October 30, 2024

I think a VAT/TAX number field should be provided out of the box, required/optional/hidden. Lots of B2Bs need that, and many need to reduce or zero the tax in case of a valid number.

If EU, it should query the VIES database to make sure the number is correct in the first place. I have this custom coded.

As per Italian law, also, we need additional checkout fields as we need to file specific additional data with the Italian tax system. Yeah, what a pain!

In regard to tax settings, I think the “tax class” thing is confusing to store managers, as well as the default “stardard rates” and “reduced rates” etc. I see that much easier:

(1) where do you pay taxes? And are you an individual or business?
(2) [based on choices] these are the recommended settings: —–
(3) edit

Just my 2 cents

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1. matthiasreinholz
  
  October 30, 2024
  
  Thanks for your feedback, Rodolfo!
  
  I think a VAT/TAX number field should be provided out of the box
  
  Would the functionality we have on our EU VAT Number for WooCommerce be more or less what you’re looking for as part of an improved tax handling in WooCommerce Core?
  
  As per Italian law, also, we need additional checkout fields as we need to file specific additional data with the Italian tax system.
  
  Are these fields relevant for B2B or also for B2C? Where can I find more information on these?
  
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  1. Henry Wright
    
    October 30, 2024
    
    Is that a new plugin? I don’t remember seeing it when I was looking for a solution previously
    
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Aurélien Denis

October 31, 2024

I agree with Rodolfo!

For B2B in EU, we have to use this kind of plugin to comply: https://www.simbahosting.co.uk/s3/product/woocommerce-eu-vat-compliance/

Out of the box, WooCommerce is not able to manage VAT when selling in the entire EU area.

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ENE UDOH

November 3, 2024

You need to add custom payment API, not only Paypal. Your floating sale page is blocking the content page.

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Steven

November 5, 2024

Would love to have the option to have the tax report calculations done by Order Date rather than Payment Completion Date so it falls in the right month, quarter, year.

It’s perhaps due to our specific use case that we need it but it would be awesome to have the choice on how the financial data is being aggregated in the reporting.

And as already mentioned, better built in support for the EU VAT compliance rules.

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Godreigneth

December 4, 2024

This is a fantastic initiative! Simplifying tax management within WooCommerce is crucial for many small businesses and entrepreneurs who often find tax compliance overwhelming. One feature I’d love to see is more integration with region-specific tax calculators or real-time tax rate updates—this could save so much time for businesses scaling internationally.

As someone who works with e-commerce businesses, I often help clients navigate the complexities of setting up WooCommerce stores and streamlining their operations, including tax configurations. If you ever need insights from the perspective of small business owners or developers, I’d be happy to contribute further. Thanks for opening this up to the community—it’s a great way to drive innovation!
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