Remove unwanted characters (. , - and spaces) from entered VAT-numbers and remove the country prefix if it matches the entered country of the address.
Remove unwanted characters (. , - and spaces) from EU VAT-numbers and remove the country prefix if it matches the entered country of the address., (*1)
This is usefull since the VAT-number checker of Magento marks VAT-numbers with a country prefix as invalid., (*2)
Use composer to install this plug-in:, (*3)
composer require michielfb/magento2-vatid
, (*4)
On a address a VAT-number is entered as NL123456789B01 and selects the country Netherlands (NL). By default Magento will mark this as invalid., (*5)
When this plug-in is used the country prefix will be stripped from the VAT-number resulting in the VAT-number 123456789B01. Magento will mark this VAT-number as valid*., (*6)
* please note that the VAT-number is an example. VAT-numbers will only be marked as valid if they actually exists., (*7)