diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 522b1c0..3fa6393 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -89,11 +89,17 @@ $grossPrice->getTaxRate();
 ### Validate EU VAT numbers
 
 Prior to validating your customers VAT numbers, you can use the `shouldCollectVat` method to check if the country code requires you to collect VAT
-in the first place.
+in the first place. This method will return `true` even for non-EU countries added manually with `addRateForCountry` (see below).
+
+To ignore those manually added non-EU countries and return `true` only for EU member states, you can use `shouldCollectEuVat`.
 
 ```php
 if ($vatCalculator->shouldCollectVat('DE')) {
 
+}
+
+if ($vatCalculator->shouldCollectEuVat('DE')) {
+
 }
 ```
 
@@ -103,7 +109,7 @@ The given VAT numbers will be truncated and non relevant characters / whitespace
 
 This service relies on a third party SOAP API provided by the EU. If, for whatever reason, this API is unavailable a `VatCheckUnavailableException` will be thrown.
 
-If a VAT number from a unsupported/non-EU country is provided, `UnsupportedCountryException` will be thrown.
+If a VAT number from an unsupported/non-EU country is provided, `UnsupportedCountryException` will be thrown.
 
 ```php
 try {
diff --git a/UPGRADE.md b/UPGRADE.md
index 9b3ccf2..4076086 100644
--- a/UPGRADE.md
+++ b/UPGRADE.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 * `calculate()` & `calculateNet()` methods return `VatPrice` object instead of the calculated price (**BR BREAK**)
 * After running `calculate()` & `calculateNet()`, the `VatCalculator` object keeps its state, `getNetPrice()`, `getTaxRate()`, `getCountryCode()`, `setCountryCode()`, `getPostalCode()`, `setPostalCode()`, `isCompany()`, `setCompany()` removed (**BR BREAK**)
 * Norway, Turkey, Switzerland VAT rates removed, can be manually added back with `VatRates::addRateForCountry()`
+* `shouldCollectVat()` will also return `true` for those manually added non-EU countries, use `shouldCollectEuVat()` to return `true` only for EU member states
 * `getIPBasedCountry()` & `getClientIP()` methods have been removed, use some other package (or `CF-IPCountry` HTTP header if you're behind Cloudflare)
 * Some methods have been properly *camelCased*: methods like `getClientIP()` -> `getClientIp()` and `shouldCollectVAT` -> `shouldCollectVat` and a few more
 * `VATCheckUnavailableException` has been *camelCased* to `VatCheckUnavailableException`
diff --git a/src/VatCalculator.php b/src/VatCalculator.php
index 890b709..2417ea3 100644
--- a/src/VatCalculator.php
+++ b/src/VatCalculator.php
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ public function shouldCollectVat(string $countryCode): bool
 	}
 
 
+	public function shouldCollectEuVat(string $countryCode): bool
+	{
+		return $this->vatRates->shouldCollectEuVat($countryCode);
+	}
+
+
 	/**
 	 * Calculate the VAT based on the net price, country code and indication if the
 	 * customer is a company or not. Specify a date to use VAT rate valid for that date.
@@ -141,7 +147,7 @@ public function getVatDetails(string $vatNumber, ?string $requesterVatNumber = n
 		$countryCode = substr($vatNumber, 0, 2);
 		$vatNumber = substr($vatNumber, 2);
 
-		if (!$this->shouldCollectVat($countryCode)) {
+		if (!$this->shouldCollectEuVat($countryCode)) {
 			throw new UnsupportedCountryException($countryCode);
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/VatRates.php b/src/VatRates.php
index 52534c0..bacf0ed 100644
--- a/src/VatRates.php
+++ b/src/VatRates.php
@@ -389,6 +389,13 @@ public function shouldCollectVat(string $countryCode): bool
 	}
 
 
+	public function shouldCollectEuVat(string $countryCode): bool
+	{
+		$countryCode = strtoupper($countryCode);
+		return isset($this->taxRules[$countryCode]) && !isset($this->optionalTaxRules[$countryCode]);
+	}
+
+
 	/**
 	 * Returns the tax rate for the given country code.
 	 * If a postal code is provided, it will try to lookup the different
diff --git a/tests/VatCalculatorTest.php b/tests/VatCalculatorTest.php
index 323af0f..c5ab19a 100644
--- a/tests/VatCalculatorTest.php
+++ b/tests/VatCalculatorTest.php
@@ -208,6 +208,22 @@ public function testCanValidateValidVatNumberWithRequesterVatNumberSet()
 	}
 
 
+	public function testAddNonEuRateShouldCollectValidateThrows(): void
+	{
+		$this->assertFalse($this->vatCalculator->shouldCollectVat('NO'));
+		$this->assertFalse($this->vatCalculator->shouldCollectEuVat('NO'));
+		$this->vatRates->addRateForCountry('NO');
+		$this->assertTrue($this->vatCalculator->shouldCollectVat('NO'));
+		$this->assertFalse($this->vatCalculator->shouldCollectEuVat('NO'));
+
+		$this->setExpectedException(UnsupportedCountryException::class, 'Unsupported/non-EU country No');
+
+		$vatNumber = 'Norway132';  // unsupported country NO
+		$result = $this->vatCalculator->isValidVatNumber($vatNumber);
+		$this->assertFalse($result);
+	}
+
+
 	public function testSetBusinessCountryCode()
 	{
 		$this->vatCalculator->setBusinessCountryCode('DE');