LOVAT

LOVAT is a tax-compliance platform for businesses selling across borders, with tools for VAT, US sales tax, EPR and e-invoicing. It best suits e-commerce sellers, digital-service providers and accounting firms that need several of those obligations in one service. Its breadth is useful, but product-specific plans and transaction caps make it important to match the right tier to your workload.

Overview

LOVAT calculates VAT and sales tax across 111 countries and supports 123 currencies. It can calculate VAT in more than 100 countries and submit returns to tax authorities; its sales-tax service calculates and files online returns in 37 US states. Tax registration, marketplace-tax tools, EPR checks and e-invoicing extend the service beyond return preparation.

The EPR product automates compliance checks in Germany, France, Spain, the UK and other countries. Its e-invoicing service generates compliant invoices in more than 30 countries and is a certified Peppol provider. This makes LOVAT a broader fit for cross-border operations than a service focused solely on calculating tax, though each obligation may involve a separate product and plan.

Key features

• Tax calculation and filing: VAT and sales-tax calculations, tax registration and automated filing cover a wide range of cross-border needs. Direct VAT submission is useful for businesses seeking to move from calculation to filing in the same service; US sales-tax filing is limited to 37 states.
• Mobile app: Collect sales-channel data, prepare and file returns, track thresholds, receive deadline notifications and view ten years of sales and return data. That historical view and threshold monitoring can help sellers keep an eye on obligations between filing dates.
• Integrations: Sales and accounting connections include Amazon, Shopify, eBay, Etsy, AliExpress, Magento, Stripe, WooCommerce, PayPal, OpenCart, Xero, Chargebee, FreshBooks and Zoho. E-invoicing also connects with Sage, SAP, Oracle NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics 365, QuickBooks and Xero. WooCommerce users can calculate tax on sales and upload packaging data for EPR obligations.
• EPR and e-invoicing: EPR checks span multiple countries, while e-invoicing covers more than 30 countries. EPR reporting does not include registration, which requires a separate fee quote; businesses budgeting for both should account for that additional step.
• Cloud and support: The service requires an internet connection and stores software data on its cloud servers. LOVAT says support is offered in five languages and replies within five minutes. It also states that e-invoicing data receives enterprise-grade security and complies with global data-protection laws.

Pricing

LOVAT has a free plan, paid plans from €27 per month and a 14-day trial. All listed plan prices are monthly. The free plan costs nothing and includes one data-import integration, making it a narrow starting point rather than a high-volume option.

These general tiers bundle the transaction allowance and auto-submits; the separate product plans divide VAT, sales tax and EPR capacity. Sales tax Start-up costs €27 a month for € 1 000 transaction value/month, 100 transactions/month, 1 integration and 4 auto-submits/year. VAT Start-up is €35 a month for 1 integration, € 1 000 transaction value/month and 100 transactions/month, but does not include an auto-submit quota in its stated limits.

Sales tax Standard is €50 a month for € 100 000 transaction value/month, 1 000 transactions/month, 2 integrations and 4 auto-submits/year; VAT Standard is €65 a month for 2 integrations, € 100 000 transaction value/month and 1 000 transactions/month. Sales tax Premium is €344 a month for € 1 200 000 transaction value/month, 20 000 transactions/month, 5 integrations and 16 auto-submits/year. VAT Premium is €450 a month for 5 integrations, € 1 200 000 transaction value/month and 10 000 transactions/month. The lower VAT tiers cost less than VAT Premium but impose markedly smaller volume limits.

EPR Tier 1 costs €190 a month and includes 1 user, up to 1 ton/year, 1 integration, 4 jurisdictions and 1 pack credit. EPR Tier 2 costs €220 a month and raises those allowances to 3 users, up to 4 ton/year, 2 integrations and 8 jurisdictions, with the same 1 pack credit. Both plans cover reporting rather than the separately quoted EPR registration. Across plans, the monthly transaction, value, integration and auto-submit caps matter more than the entry price if your filing volume is likely to grow.

Platforms

LOVAT supports Android, iOS, web and API access. Its cloud requirement means the software depends on an internet connection rather than being a fully offline tool.

Who it's for

LOVAT is a strong candidate for cross-border e-commerce sellers and digital-service providers combining VAT or sales-tax filings with marketplace sales, packaging obligations or electronic invoicing. Accounting firms may also benefit from its integrations and multi-product coverage. It is less compelling for a business seeking only one simple filing service if the relevant volume caps, separate EPR registration quote or product-specific pricing add complexity beyond that need.

Pros and cons

• Pro: Broad international coverage combines VAT, sales tax, EPR checks and e-invoicing, so businesses with several compliance needs can use one provider.
• Pro: Direct VAT submission and online filing for sales tax in 37 US states take the service beyond calculation alone.
• Pro: Mobile threshold tracking, deadline alerts and ten years of sales and return history support ongoing oversight.
• Con: Transaction and value caps vary by plan, and auto-submits are limited on the listed sales-tax and general tiers; higher-volume filers need a more expensive tier.
• Con: EPR registration is charged separately from reporting, so the EPR monthly price does not represent the full cost of registration and reporting.
• Con: Cloud storage and an internet connection are required, which rules out offline use.

Alternatives

For a free nexus study and threshold monitoring, Numeral is another freemium option; its Monitoring plan includes exposure and historical-liability audits. Kintsugi also has a free plan for nexus monitoring and risk assessment. Teams seeking a free API sandbox and a U.S.-focused compliance option can consider Zamp. Avalara AvaTax offers Core Compliance at $79 a month, billed Monthly, for annual revenue under $50M and 12,000+ U.S. tax jurisdictions; choose it when that U.S. coverage and plan fit better than LOVAT's cross-border mix.

CCH SureTax offers technology-only, filing-and-remittance, and fully outsourced options. TaxBandits is another alternative with a free plan and trial. ONESOURCE Determination and Sovos Tax Determination are also options for readers comparing tax-determination software.

Browse more options in Tax Compliance Software or VAT Software.

Verdict

Choose LOVAT if your business sells across borders and needs a combination of tax calculation, filing and related compliance such as EPR or e-invoicing. Its wide country and currency coverage, direct VAT submission and broad integrations are the main reasons to choose it. Look elsewhere if your needs are narrow, your filing volume outgrows its caps, or separately quoted EPR registration makes the total cost harder to manage.