Individual Tax Rates for Customer Groups

About the Extension

With our Shopware 6 plugin “Custom Tax Rates per Customer Group,” you assign specific tax rates to defined customer groups. Tax rates are created as usual in the administration under Settings > Taxes and then mapped to the desired customer groups. This gives you flexible, compliant tax calculation without any extra work in product maintenance.

Features

• Custom tax rate per customer group: The tax rate you define is applied consistently across the entire shop.

• Seamless integration: Uses the tax rates and tax rules configured in Shopware.

• No product changes: Central tax logic via customer groups—no adjustments on individual items.

• Transparent calculation: Clear tax display for customers and in the administration.

• Scalable: Works with multiple customer groups, complex tax rules, and different sales channels.

Typical use cases

• B2B customer groups with reduced or 0% tax (e.g., reverse charge for valid VAT IDs).

• Special conditions for associations, educational institutions, or non-profits.

• Project- or segment-specific tax agreements without duplicate products or price lists.

• Temporary tax promotions for selected customer groups.

• Mapping different tax regimes via customer segments (e.g., contractual special cases).

Dropshipping in Germany: solving the VAT challenge

Dropshipping often leads to VAT special cases, especially when the supplier ships directly to an EU consumer, no VAT ID is present, and OSS is not applicable for the specific scenario. Depending on the supply chain and place of supply, a concrete tax rate (for example, the German standard VAT rate of 19%) may need to be charged.

This plugin implements that logic cleanly and centrally:

• Create a customer group for dropshipping B2C without VAT ID and assign the appropriate tax rate (e.g., DE 19%).

• If destination-country taxation is required, use Shopware’s tax rules attached to the tax rate and assign the affected customer groups accordingly.

• For B2B groups with valid VAT IDs, configure a 0% tax rate (reverse charge, where applicable).

• Result: Consistent, compliant VAT calculation at checkout—without product duplicates or manual exceptions.

Notes & compatibility

• Only tax rates and tax rules defined in Shopware are used.

• Country- or region-specific tax rules attached to a tax rate are respected.

• Your shop’s gross/net price display remains unchanged; the plugin controls tax rate selection per customer group.

• Test in a staging environment, especially with complex supply chains or multiple sales channels.

Benefits

• Greater flexibility in VAT calculation without product duplication or workarounds.

• Clean separation of B2B and B2C logic based on customer groups.

• Central, time-saving maintenance and quick adaptability to changes.

• Consistent, traceable tax calculation in the storefront and administration.

Support & legal notice

Need help with installation, configuration, or a specific dropshipping case? Our team is happy to assist. Please provide your Shopware version, tax configuration, and—where possible—example customers or screenshots.

This plugin supports the technical implementation of VAT requirements but does not replace legal or tax advice. Always test your setup and align special cases with your tax advisor.

For related use cases, including dropshipping, we offer additional compatible Shopware 6 extensions. You can find our portfolio in the Shopware Store.