What this source helps you find
Validate a VAT number for intra-community transactions within the VIES scope.
Public sources / EU
VIES — validation des numéros de TVA
Validate a VAT number for intra-community transactions within the VIES scope.
Provenance and evidence type
- Operator or reference institution
- European Commission · DG TAXUD
- Result type
- Registry record
Retain the identifier, competent authority and state at consultation. Interpret the record within the registry’s remit and coverage.
Limit to retain in your conclusion
Separate valid, invalid and unavailable responses. Validation alone does not determine tax treatment, a contact’s identity or solvency.
Useful search anchors
- VAT number
- Country / jurisdiction
Fields to record when citing a result
- VAT number
- Observed status
- Access date and time zone
- Observed passage / value
Evidence record to retain
Response to one VAT number validation at a point in time. Access date and displayed update date; current state does not reconstruct all history.
Check before drawing a conclusion
Separate valid, invalid and unavailable responses. Validation alone does not determine tax treatment, a contact’s identity or solvency.
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Check VAT and identity separately
Keep a dated VIES response and document the VAT number link to national registration and any LEI.
Availability, validity and identity are different checks; none measures solvency.
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- Verify a company’s identity and status
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Before export or reuse
- Coverage
- EU
- Identifiers to retain
- VAT number · Observed status · Access date and time zone · Observed passage / value
Licence and rights
Inspect the exact resource and its terms. Being viewable does not authorise redistribution; retain the resource licence and restrictions instead of inferring them from the portal.
Date and version
Record consultation date, covered period, last update and version separately. For revised data, retain the file or exact extraction reference.
What object does the result describe?
- Result unit
- Response to one VAT number validation at a point in time
- Time reference to retain
- Date, time and zone of the response; keep each attempt and result separately.
Documentation and access
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