I have not sold digital items. I was thinking about it. Then I heard about this boondoggle of a scheme and thought I could ignore. But now, with the new information that the EU will extend the VAT collection to physical goods in 2016 I'm getting scared.

It seems that the technical details of working out which country and what VAT rate are solvable eventually but that data collection and retention are sticky. Ten years you've got to keep the data.

I've found a software company, taxamo.com, that is providing cart solutions but not for Zencart. I am querying them to see if ZC is on their list.

If not, perhaps a small group of Zencart users could pool their resources and get these guys to make a module.