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Product roadmap

VAT Engine product roadmap

Follow the VAT Engine product roadmap to see what is complete, what is in active delivery, and what is planned next across rate provenance, compliance, reporting, integrations, governed CN/CPA classification, invoice-ready VAT treatment, cross-platform tax reconciliation, billing, and advanced VAT workflows.

Workstreams
18
Public delivery areas
Completion
76%
122 tasks complete
Active work
8
Items moving now
Planned
31
Items in later phases
Complete

Calculation primitives, tax classes, money handling, and date-indexed lookup across recorded/imported rate history.
Done
8
Active
0
Planned
0
Complete

Provider abstraction, cache layers, deterministic lookup, and TEDB-backed data.
Done
9
Active
0
Planned
0
Complete

Production-grade health, tracing, metrics, shutdown, and error behavior.
Done
7
Active
0
Planned
0
Complete

Calculation-event records and threshold-ready compliance storage.
Done
7
Active
0
Planned
0
Complete

Secure user lifecycle, two-factor authentication, recovery, and sessions.
Done
6
Active
0
Planned
0
Complete

Browser, account, and edge protections for the SaaS and API surfaces.
Done
9
Active
0
Planned
0
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Self-service API key management, usage tracking, and developer documentation.
Done
8
Active
0
Planned
0
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Automated EU TEDB sync, review tooling, and SME threshold data.
Done
7
Active
0
Planned
0
In progress

Immutable TEDB evidence, versioned rate answers, nightly upstream monitoring, and exact historical replay.
Done
10
Active
1
Planned
0
  • Immutable TEDB source snapshots with exact-byte and semantic fingerprintsComplete
  • Approved rate-data versions pinning complete source-evidence manifests, mappings, and normalized ratesComplete
  • Partial-country approvals inherit only traceable covered evidence and every derived row links to its sourcesComplete
  • Rate and authenticated calculation responses identify the version and fingerprints usedComplete
  • Preserve source-supported legal applicability separately from retrieval, approval, and apply timeComplete
  • Nightly upstream checks for changes, failures, missed runs, and stale dataComplete
  • Controlled simulations can pin an exact version or what VAT Engine knew as of a dateComplete
  • Stored calculations replay with their original inputs and pinned versionsComplete
  • Immutable calculator versions remain executable after the default calculation logic advancesComplete
  • Corrections preserve original answers and legacy records remain clearly unverifiableComplete
  • Live production observation evidence is accumulating before decision authority advancesIn progress
Complete

Account-wide reporting, registration-aware OSS monitoring, SME eligibility, and threshold alert delivery.
Done
15
Active
0
Planned
0
Complete

Registration management, filing-prep previews, locked return history, corrections, IOSS monthly summaries, and accountant exports are shipped; SAF-OSS and broader filing-state linkage remain ahead.
Done
11
Active
0
Planned
0
Complete

Shared connector storage, secure tokens, webhook queues, and review workflows.
Done
7
Active
0
Planned
0
In progress

Connector-neutral classification and component-aware treatment workflows are in implementation validation; reviewed EU-wide coverage and production cutover remain gated.
Done
6
Active
4
Planned
3
  • Deterministic evidence grouping, reusable reviewed interpretations, and isolated partial coverage; historical compatibility and live acceptance checks remain in progressIn progress
  • Evidence-bound mapping uploads, grouped interpretation approval, and reproducible TEDB successor preparation are in implementation validation with partial-coverage safeguards; reviewed coverage and live acceptance remain gatedIn progress
  • Component-aware VAT treatment API, immutable releases and evidence, partial-coverage inspection, durable checkpointed shadow replay, lease-fenced correction revalidation, safe v1 compatibility, and separate MFA approval/cutover controlsComplete
  • Official eight-edition catalog acquisition, source qualification, staged corrections, and administrator synchronization monitoring; deployment acceptance in progressIn progress
  • Immutable CN/CPA catalog, mapping, and crosswalk storage foundations with source evidence and lifecycle headsComplete
  • Exact-code validation, scoped resolution and assignment APIs with distributed limits and server-derived provenanceComplete
  • Customer Shopify assignment review and administrator catalog/mapping governance, impact previews, reprocessing, and correction routingComplete
  • Immutable v2 classification successors preserve v1 history and never infer codes from product text, categories, or AIComplete
  • Fail-closed authoritative coverage manifests and immutable acceptance-fixture publication gatesComplete
  • Import, review, and publish authoritative catalog and mapping data for every advertised CN/CPA interval and EU27 jurisdictionIn progress
  • Implement crosswalk candidate import, review, approval, and resolver-backed transition handlingPlanned
  • Activate and monitor production mapping authority after every coverage requirement passesPlanned
  • Extend governed assignment consumption beyond Shopify as connector adapters shipPlanned
Planned

Server-side client libraries that make VAT Engine easier to adopt across commerce, accounting, and automation stacks.
Done
0
Active
0
Planned
3
In progress

Platform connectors after the shared commerce ingestion foundation is ready.
Done
0
Active
1
Planned
5
  • Shopify integration for order syncIn progress
  • Magento 2 integration for order syncPlanned
  • Sylius 2 integration for order syncPlanned
  • WooCommerce integrationPlanned
  • Headless and custom shop integrationPlanned
  • Multi-platform aggregationPlanned
Planned

In-app inbox and threshold alerts are shipped; broader delivery channels, retries, and preferences are still ahead.
Done
2
Active
0
Planned
6
Planned

Basic Stripe-managed subscription access is in place; usage billing, localization, and team features remain ahead.
Done
1
Active
0
Planned
6
In progress

Cross-platform tax reconciliation, invoice-ready VAT treatment, multi-entity reporting, and regional expansion.
Done
9
Active
2
Planned
8
  • B2B VAT and reverse-charge logicPlanned
  • Invoice-ready VAT treatment metadata with EN 16931 category, exemption reason, and legal basisPlanned
  • Evidence-backed treatment determination and provenance without guessing a category from a 0% ratePlanned
  • VAT number validation through EU VIES and national registriesPlanned
  • Multi-entity VAT reportingPlanned
  • Merchant product-to-tax-class mapping across commerce integrationsIn progress
  • CLI tools and automationPlanned
  • Regional expansion beyond the EUPlanned
  • Tax rule exceptions and custom configsPlanned
  • Cross-platform reconciliation M0-M9 — source evidence, classification, expected and observed treatment, governed review, reprocessing, and correction routingComplete
  • Versioned connector-neutral source and semantic evidence with exact money, explicit availability, and pinned threshold valuationComplete
  • Tenant-bound dependency snapshots, immutable reconciliation decisions, ordered findings, and legacy compatibility stateComplete
  • Connector-neutral product and supply-fact classification with immutable mapping provenanceComplete
  • Connector-neutral expected tax treatment with immutable legal dependencies, durable decisions, and explicit service-evidence review holdsComplete
  • Article 59c historical crossings, linked refunds, and establishment conflicts handled with immutable fail-closed evidenceComplete
  • Observed-versus-expected reconciliation bound to the exact shadow decisionComplete
  • Shopify source-evidence migration and direct, webhook, bulk, and recovery conformanceComplete
  • Merchant review configuration and deterministic reprocessing after evidence or mapping changesComplete
  • M10-M11 operational controls implemented — live shadow, membership-bound canary, cutover, and compatibility-retirement gates in progressIn progress