CHECK VAT NUMBER

This free service allows you to check VAT numbers in the European Union (EU)



CHECK VAT NUMBER BY ENTERING COUNTRY AND VAT NUMBER
(for example: IE 4526362G)

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Check a VAT number by observing this information on different European countries
Austria
Format: AT U99999999 (8 digits) Capital: Vienna
Standard VAT rate: 20 percent Population: 8,5 million
Reduced VAT rate: 10 percent Local name: Umsatzsteuer-Identifikationsnummer
Belgium
Format: BE 0999.999.999 (10 digits) Capital: Brussels
Standard VAT rate: 21 percent Population: 11 million
Reduced VAT rate: 6 or 12 percent Local name: BTW nummer
Bulgaria
Format: BG 9999.999.999 (9 or 10 digits) Capital: Sofia
Standard VAT rate: 20 percent Population: 7,3 million
Reduced VAT rate: 9 percent Local name: Identifikacionen nomer po DDS
Cyprus
Format: CY 99999999X (8 digits + 1 letter) Capital: Nicosia
Standard VAT rate: 19 percent Population: 1,1 million
Reduced VAT rate: 5 or 9 percent Local name: Arithmós Engraphes phi. pi. a.
Czech Republic
Format: CZ 0999999999 (8 or 9 or 10 digits) Capital: Prague
Standard VAT rate: 21 percent Population: 10,5 million
Reduced VAT rate: 15 percent Local name: Danové identifikacní císlo
Denmark
Format: DK 99999999 (8 digits) Capital: Copenhagen
Standard VAT rate: 25 percent Population: 5,6 million
Reduced VAT rate: none Local name: Momsregistreringsnummer
Estonia
Format: EE 999999999 (9 digits) Capital: Tallinn
Standard VAT rate: 20 percent Population: 1,3 million
Reduced VAT rate: 9 percent Local name: Käibemaksukohustuslase number
Finland
Format: FI 99999999 (9 digits) Capital: Helsinki
Standard VAT rate: 24 percent Population: 5,5 million
Reduced VAT rate: 10 or 14 percent Local name: Arvonlisäveronumero
France
Format: FR 99999999999 (11 digits) Capital: Paris
Standard VAT rate: 20 percent Population: 66 million
Reduced VAT rate: 2,1 or 5,5 or 10 percent Local name: Numéro de TVA
Germany
Format: DE 999999999 (9 digits) Capital: Berlin
Standard VAT rate: 19 percent Population: 81 million
Reduced VAT rate: 7 percent Local name: Umsatzsteuer-Identifikationsnummer
Greece
Format: EL 999999999 (9 digits) Capital: Athens
Standard VAT rate: 23 percent Population: 11 million
Reduced VAT rate: 6,5 or 13 percent Local name: Arithmós Phorologikoú Metroou
Hungary
Format: HU 99999999 (8 digits) Capital: Budapest
Standard VAT rate: 27 percent Population: 10 million
Reduced VAT rate: 5 or 18 percent Local name: Közösségi adószám
Ireland
Format: IE 9999999X (7 digits and one letter) Capital: Dublin
Standard VAT rate: 23 percent Population: 4,7 million
Reduced VAT rate: 0 or 4,8 or 9 or 13,5 percent Local name: Value added tax identification no
Italy
Format: IT 99999999999 (11 digits) Capital: Rome
Standard VAT rate: 22 percent Population: 61 million
Reduced VAT rate: 4 or 10 percent Local name: Partita IVA
Latvia
Format: LV 99999999999 (11 digits) Capital: Riga
Standard VAT rate: 21 percent Population: 2 million
Reduced VAT rate: 12 percent Local name: PVN registracijas numurs
Lithuania
Format: LT 999999999 (9 or 12 digits) Capital: Vilnius
Standard VAT rate: 21 percent Population: 3 million
Reduced VAT rate: 5 or 9 percent Local name: Pridetines vertes mokestis moketojo kodas
Luxembourg
Format: LU 99999999 (8 digits) Capital: Luxembourg
Standard VAT rate: 17 percent Population: 0,5 million
Reduced VAT rate: 3 or 6 percent Local name: Numéro de TVA
Malta
Format: MT 99999999 (8 digits) Capital: Valletta
Standard VAT rate: 18 percent Population: 0,45 million
Reduced VAT rate: 5 or 7 percent Local name: Vat reg. no.
The Netherlands
Format: NL 999999999B99 (11 digits + 1 letter) Capital: Amsterdam
Standard VAT rate: 21 percent Population: 16,8 million
Reduced VAT rate: 6 percent Local name: BTW nummer
Poland
Format: PL 9999999999 (10 digits) Capital: Warsaw
Standard VAT rate: 23 percent Population: 38 million
Reduced VAT rate: 5 or 8 percent Local name: Numer Identyfikacji Podatkowej
Portugal
Format: PT 999999999 (9 digits) Capital: Lisbon
Standard VAT rate: 23 percent Population: 10,5 million
Reduced VAT rate: 6 or 13 percent Local name: Número de Identificação Fiscal
Romania
Format: RO 9999999999 (from 2 to 10 digits) Capital: Bucharest
Standard VAT rate: 24 percent Population: 20 million
Reduced VAT rate: 5 or 9 percent Local name: Cod de înregistrare în scopuri de TVA
Slovakia
Format: SK 9999999999 (10 digits) Capital: Bratislava
Standard VAT rate: 20 percent Population: 5,5 million
Reduced VAT rate: 10 percent Local name: Identifikacné císlo pre dan z pridanej hodnoty
Slovenia
Format: SI 99999999 (8 digits) Capital: Ljubljana
Standard VAT rate: 22 percent Population: 2 million
Reduced VAT rate: 9,5 percent Local name: Davcna številka
Spain
Format: ES 999999999 (8 digits and one letter) Capital: Madrid
Standard VAT rate: 21 percent Population: 47 million
Reduced VAT rate: 4 or 10 percent Local name: Número de Identificación Fiscal
Sweden
Format: SE 999999999999 (12 digits) Capital: Stockholm
Standard VAT rate: 25 percent Population: 10 million
Reduced VAT rate: 6 or 12 percent Local name: VAT-nummer or momsnummer
 



This website will help you to check the VAT number of your domestic or foreign customers. Our seachbox allows you to easily verify the validity of the VAT registration number of any company in the UK, Ireland or the European Union (EU). When you are doing business with an enterprise for the first time, it is prudent to check their VAT number.

Checking VAT numbers is a time-consuming activity. We do our best to make this task as easy as possible with our handy VAT checker. In this way you can quickly fulfill the obligations posed on you by the tax authorities. When someone sets up a company or business, this person will get a VAT number. This VAT number has to be mentioned on every invoice or receipt. Furthermore you have to know the VAT number of your customers or clients. Your accountant needs this information and will transmit it to the tax authority. This website will help you with your accountancy and tries to make doing business in the European single market as easy as possible. Our VAT number checker tries to remove a few obstacles that are a headache for businesses.

VAT numbers play an important role for intra-Community supplies within the European Union. The rules say that when you supply goods or services to another company in the single market of the EU, you don't have to pay VAT. However your administration will become more difficult due to these rules. For evey customer or client you need to check if his VAT number is correct. Your bookkeeping will become heavier. When the tax authorities detect errors, they will give you a fine. The definition or meaning of the abbreviation VAT is: Value Added Tax. In practice only private persons have to pay VAT when they buy goods or services. Businesses and companies have to pay VAT in the first instance but they can get this money back from the tax authorities. Of course this is closely supervised and controlled by the tax authorities.


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