{"id":18611543,"date":"2025-08-24T09:49:27","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T09:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/eu-validation\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T09:49:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T09:49:27","slug":"eu-validation","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/eu-validation\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Validation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hello,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I can see under EU VAT Settings the below checkboxes:<br \/>&#8211; Prevent B2C Sales\u00a0(Require everyone in the EU to provide a VAT number.)<br \/>&#8211; Validate VAT Number\u00a0(Validate VAT numbers with VIES.)<br \/><br \/>I have tested it on two different sites and it doesn&#8217;t seems to validate or prevent anything. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Does it required any extra add-on to work?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-18611543","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-vat"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/18611543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/18611543\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18611543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}