A list of the EU contries and the format of their VAT id
- VAT applies to EU residents only
- If your are living outsite the European Union (USA for example) forget about it
- We can waive VAT if you provide us with a valid VAT id
- Ist Ihr Sitz in Deutschland, müssen wir die MwSt. berücksichtigen!
State |
Name |
Abr. |
Format |
|
| Belgium | BE | Le numéro d’identification à la taxe sur la valeur ajoutée | No.TVA | 9 chars (only digits) |
| BTW - Identificatienummer | BTW-Nr. | |||
| Denmark | DK | Momsregistreringsnummer | SE-Nr. | 8 chars (only digits) |
| Germany | DE | Umsatzsteuer-Identifikationsnummer | USt-IdNr. | 9 chars (only digits) |
| Estonia | EE | Käibemaksukohustuslase registreeri-misnumber |
KMKR-number |
9 chars (only digits) |
| Finland | FI | Arvonlisâvero-nummer | ALV-NRO | 8 chars (only digits) |
| France | FR | Le numéro d’identification à la taxe sur la valeur ajoutée | ? | 11 chars (the first and/or the second char can be a letter) |
| Greece | EL | Arithmos Forologikou Mitroou FPA | A.f .M. | 9 digits (old 8 digit id numbers get a leading zero) |
| Ireland | IE | Value added tax identification number | VAT No | 8 chars (the second char may and the last must be a letter) |
| Italy | IT | Il numero di registrazione IVA | P.IVA | 11 digits |
| Latvia | LV | PVN registracijas numurs | PVN-numurs | 11 chars (only digits) |
| Lithuania | LT | Pridetines vertes mo-kescio moketojo kodas | PVM moketojo kodas | 9 chars (only digits) or 12 chars (only digits) |
| Luxembourg | LU | Le numéro d’identification à la taxe sur la valeur ajoutée | - | 8 chars (only digits) |
| Malta | MT | ? | ? | 8 chars (only digits) |
| Netherlands | NL | BTW-identificatienummer | OB-Nummer | 12 digits (the third last char must be the letter "B") |
| Austria | AT | Umsatzsteueridentifikationsnummer | UID-Nr. | 9 digits (the last char must be the letter "U") |
| Poland | PL | Numer identyfikacji podatko-wej | NIP | 10 chars (only digits) |
| Portugal | PT | O número de identificacao para efeitos do imposto sobre o valor acrescentado | NIPC | 9 chars (only digits) |
| Sweden | SE | Registrerungsnummer för mervärdesskatt (Momsnummer) | MomsNr. | 12 chars (only digits) |
| Slovakia | SK | Dan z pridanej hodnoty |
DPH |
10 chars (only digits) |
| Slovenia | SI | dav?na ?tevilka | ? |
8 chars (only digits) |
| Spain | ES | El número de identificación a efectos del Impuesto sobre el Valor Anadido | N.I.F. |
9 chars (the first and the last may be letter) |
| Czech Republic | CZ | danove identifikacni cislo | DIC | 8, 9 or 10 chars (digits only) |
| Hungary | HU |
közösségi adózám |
? | 8 chars (digits only) |
| United Kingdom | GB | Value added tax identification number | VAT Reg.No. | 9 or 12 chars (digits only) |
| Cyprus | CY | ? | ? | 9 chars (the last char must be the letter) |
German VAT is 19 %.