* Add - New setting to require a company name when a VAT number is entered, with client- and server-side validation on both Classic and Block checkout.
* Fix - VAT numbers without a country prefix are now correctly rejected at checkout when the country code requirement is enabled.
* Fix - Ensure VAT number validation is triggered when changing "Use same address for billing" on block checkout.
* Fix - Prevent EU VAT checkout errors caused by malformed data from Klarna and similar plugins.
* Fix - Prevent PHP 8.0+ undefined variable warning in Store API endpoint when block checkout is submitted with an empty VAT field.
* Fix - VAT Number saved properly during manual subscription renewal with WooCommerce Subscriptions.
* Fix - VAT exemption now applies correctly at Block Checkout even when VIES is temporarily unavailable.
* Fix - Ensure the computed VAT exemption decision is always applied during checkout, including when exemption should be cleared.
* Fix - Show the correct billing or shipping address label in Block checkout VAT validation error messages.
* Dev - Upgrade Node.js from v20 to v24 and npm from v10 to v11.
* Dev - Upgrade npm and Composer dependencies.
* Dev - Add a spell-check GitHub Actions workflow and fix typos.
* Dev - Bump WooCommerce "tested up to" version 10.9.
* Dev - Bump WooCommerce minimum supported version to 10.7.
* Dev - Bump WordPress "Tested up to" to 7.0.
* Dev - Bump the `plugin-check-action` GitHub Action version to v1.1.5 to fix the runner path failure and add checks to prevent direct file access.
* Fix - Ensure that orders without shipping address fields (e.g., virtual products) correctly appear in the EC Sales List report.
* Fix - Ensure that the Create Order REST API response does not get corrupted when VAT validation fails.
* Fix – Resolve an issue where the Blocks checkout would fail silently after switching from an EU country to a non-EU country when a VAT number had been entered.
* Fix - Respect "Failed Validation Handling" setting when VIES service is unavailable for a member state.
* Fix - Optimized admin dashboard performance by reducing unnecessary background checks.
* Fix - Ensure that the `{vat_id}` placeholder is replaced with the VAT number correctly on block checkout.
* Fix - Improved the translation system to ensure all text is correctly displayed in the selected language.
* Fix – Make the “optional” string translatable.
* Fix - Ensure that Greece VAT number validation correctly uses “EL” instead of “GR” as the VAT prefix in the shortcode checkout when the country code prefix is not required.
* Fix - More specific error message for checkout when two-character VAT number is missing.
* Dev - Bump WooCommerce "tested up to" version 10.6.
* Dev - Bump WooCommerce minimum supported version to 10.4.
* Dev - Bump Wordpress minimum supported version to 6.8.
* Fix - Ensure that VAT number validation applies only to EU countries.
* Fix - VAT number not verified on manually created order.
* Fix - Inconsistent value between `vat_number`, `billing_vat_number` and `shipping_vat_number` usermeta fields.
* Dev - Bump WooCommerce "tested up to" version 10.5.
* Dev - Bump WooCommerce minimum supported version to 10.3.
* Add - Support for VAT Validation on Subscription Renewals.
* Add - Setting to allow customers to enter VAT numbers without a country prefix.
* Fix - The plugin asset URL issue for plugins installed via a symlink (e.g. on WordPress.com).
* Fix - Account for the Greek VAT prefix, EL, for the purposes of matching customer and merchant countries.
* Fix - Ensure that the 'Collect and Validate Evidence' validation works properly for users whose IP address country is in the EU for Block checkout.
* Fix - Display VAT in billing address on order confirmation page when shipping address is not displayed.
* Dev - Update for PHP 8.4 compatibility.
* Dev - Bump WordPress "tested up to" version 6.9.
* Fix - Accessibility: Announce validation errors for the VAT field on the block checkout screen
* Fix - Accessibility: Announce field description for the VAT field on the block checkout screen.
* Dev - Bump WooCommerce "tested up to" version 10.3.
* Dev - Bump WooCommerce minimum supported version to 10.1.
* Dev - Bump WordPress minimum supported version to 6.7.
* Dev - Add new deploy workflow.
* Dev - Updates to our QIT GitHub Action workflow.
* Fix - Fatal error when trying to access WooCommerce session data.
* Fix - Issue with applying a Greek VAT number.
* Add - Filter hook, `woocommerce_eu_vat_country_code_patterns`, to support addition of more countries beyond what's currently available in the extension.
* Fix - Behavioral inconsistencies between Shortcode and Block Checkout.
* Fix - Validation of VAT numbers on shortcode checkout is now case insensitive.
* Fix - Resolve issues flagged by WooCommerce's Quality Insights Toolkit (QIT).
* Fix - Ensure validation errors show properly on WooCommerce v10+.
* Dev - Bump WooCommerce "tested up to" version 10.0.
* Dev - Bump WooCommerce minimum supported version to 9.8.
* Dev - Bump WordPress "tested up to" version 6.8.
* Dev - Upgrade from Node Sass to Dart Sass.
* Fix - Ensure that the 'Collect and Validate Evidence' validation works properly for users whose IP address country is in the EU.
* Dev - Bump WooCommerce "tested up to" version 9.9.
* Dev - Bump WooCommerce minimum supported version to 9.7.
Fix - Replaced `{vat_id}` placeholder in WooCommerce Blocks checkout address cards.
* Fix - Issue with charging VAT when base country is France and buyer's country is Monaco.
* Fix - Ensure that VAT is calculated properly in the admin for virtual orders when tax calculation and VAT validation are based on the shipping address.