If you deal with VAT registered customers and suppliers in the EU, you must enter a valid VAT number. You can check the VAT number against the table below. .
NOTE:
You can’t enter a VAT number for a contact outside the EU.
Country
Format
Number of characters
Notes
Austria (AT)
U12345678
9
The first character is always a U.
Belgium (BE)
0123456789
10
If you have a 9 digit number, prefix it with a 0.
Bulgaria (BG)
1234567890
9 or 10
Croatia (HR)
12345678901
11
Cyprus (CY)
12345678X
9
The last character must be a letter.
Czech Republic (CZ)
12345678 123456789 1234567890
8, 9 or 10
If a contact provides you with 11, 12 or 13 numbers, delete the first three numbers as these are a tax code.
Denmark (DK)
12345678
8
Estonia (EE)
123456789
9
Finland (FI)
12345678
8
France (FR)
12345678901 X1234567890 1X123456789 XX123456789
11
May include an alpha character as the first, second or first and second characters. All alpha characters are valid other than I and O.
Germany (DE)
123456789
9
Greece (GR)
012345678
9
Hungary (HU)
12345678
8
Ireland (IE)
1234567X 1X23456X
8
Includes one or two alpha characters as either the last or second and last character or last two characters.
Italy (IT)
12345678901
11
Latvia (LV)
12345678901
11
Lithuania (LT)
123456789 123456789012
9 or 12
Luxembourg (LU)
12345678
8
Malta (MT)
12345678
8
Netherlands (NL)
123456789B01
12
The tenth character is always a B and the 3 digit suffix is always in the range B01-B99.
Poland (PL)
1234567890
10
Portugal(PT)
123456789
9
Romania (RO)
1234567890
2 – 10
Minimum of two maximum of 10
Slovak Republic (SK)
1234567890
10
Slovenia (SI)
12345678
8
Spain (ES)
X12345678 12345678X X1234567X
9
The first or last, or first and last characters can be alpha characters.
Sweden (SE)
123456789001
12
UK (GB)
123456789
9
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