Step 2a: Setup the VAT

If you have an online participant module, you have to go to Finances -> VAT rates to setup your rates.

Your standard VAT rates will be shown, but you can add/change/delete them for each congress.

You can give your rate a name, for example High VAT or Low VAT. This name is only used in the backoffice for you to connect a VAT rate to an event.
Please note that editing or deleting a VAT rate is only possible when it is not currently connected to any event items. 

You can also create EU VAT rates. You can use these variable rates if, for example, a virtual event/workshop requires a VAT rate that takes into account the participant's country or in case of a billing address, the billing address's country. Please note that these variable VAT rates can only be used for EU countries and for virtual events/workshops. Participants from countries outside the EU will not pay VAT for these virtual events/workshops.

Please use the 'Generate EU VAT rates' button and the following screen will be opened.

You can check the boxes for all EU countries for which you want to create the rates. By default, a fixed VAT rate is created for the selected countries. In the example below, you can see that 'Standard - Austria' has been created and is displayed in blue. 

You can now edit the new EU VAT rates and adjust them if necessary. 

Please note that per registration type and event, you can change the setting if it concerns a virtual event with variable EU VAT rates. Please check the appropriate box at the event.

When you use EU VAT rates in your congress and you edit a participant or group, the applicable VAT rate is shown at the payment data section of the participant and the groups with prebookings.