New VAT tax law for EU shipments

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The shipping company can collect VAT instead

@The official Titan batch #2 campaign thread

to either 1) get an EU VAT tax number and begin assessing VAT tax on all products shipped into the EU, or 2) Enable our logistics company (DHL most likely) to collect and remit this tax as part of their delivery service

So, no the VAT does not need to be collected by the merchant. In fact it requires more work on their part to do so.