A validated EU business buyer (Österreich, the one cross-border option
this checkout offers) gets the sale zero-rated per §4 Nr. 1b UStG —
but only after a live VIES lookup confirms the VAT ID is actually
registered right now, never from format-validity alone (real
compliance risk otherwise). VIES unreachable fails closed: normal VAT
applies, no guessed exemption.
- lib/vies.ts: calls the EU's public VIES REST API.
- lib/vatExemption.ts: de-grosses item/shipping prices and computes
the exempt totals; also picks the actual destination country
(shipping override when set, billing otherwise).
- api/checkout/validate-vat: on-blur live check for instant feedback;
api/checkout/route.ts re-runs the same check server-side at submit
as the actual source of truth, and re-prices every line net-of-VAT
when exempt.
- CheckoutContent.tsx: VIES status + a live exempt-totals preview;
BestellbestaetigungContent.tsx mirrors it from the persisted
snapshot. Both blur-validate every other checkout field now too
(immediate inline errors, not just on submit).
- vatExempt/vatIdValidatedAt threaded through orderServer.ts,
customerAuth.ts, orderEmail.ts, and both invoice-download routes so
the invoice PDF and its e-invoice XML (companion payload-repo
commit) reflect the exemption correctly wherever it's rendered.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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