Understanding VAT Validation

This guide explains how the VAT validation feature works, allowing you to verify a company's VAT registration by providing a country code or name and a VAT number. This ensures compliance with tax regulations and prevents invalid transactions.

What is VAT Validation?

VAT validation is a service that checks whether a given VAT number is valid in a specified country. It helps businesses ensure that they are dealing with registered entities for tax compliance and invoicing purposes.

Steps:

Provide Country and VAT Number

Enter the country code or name and the VAT number in the API request.

Send API Request

Make a GET request to the VAT validation endpoint.

Receive Validation Response

The API returns whether the VAT number is valid, along with company details.

How VAT Validation Works

The VAT validation feature operates using the following key parameters:

Country Code or Name: You can provide a two-letter country code (e.g., BE for Belgium) or the full country name (Belgium).

VAT Number: The unique tax identification number assigned to businesses in the specified country.

Validation Response: The API checks the VAT number’s validity and returns details such as the registered business name and address.

API Endpoint

To validate a VAT number, send a request to the following endpoint:

/v1/vat/validate?countryCode={{countryCode}}&vatNumber={{vatNumber}}

Example Response:

/v1/vat/validate?countryCode=BE&vatNumber=0835221567

{
    "countryCode": "BE",
    "countryName": "Belgium",
    "vatNumber": "0835221567",
    "valid": true,
    "name": "BV BE³-PROJECTS",
    "address": "Kasteeldreef 9 2940 Stabroek",
    "internalTimestamps": {
        "createdDate": "2025-02-09T16:17:42.834",
        "updatedDate": "2025-02-09T16:17:42.834"
    }
}

Example Validation

For VAT number 0835221567 in Belgium:
• Country Code: BE
• VAT Number: 0835221567
• Valid: ✅ Yes
• Business Name: BV BE³-PROJECTS
• Address: Kasteeldreef 9, 2940 Stabroek

TIP

VAT validation helps businesses comply with tax regulations by ensuring transactions involve registered entities.

Vat Validation

Understanding VAT Validation#

What is VAT Validation?#

Steps:#

How VAT Validation Works#

API Endpoint#

Example Response:#

Understanding VAT Validation

What is VAT Validation?

Steps:

How VAT Validation Works

API Endpoint

Example Response: