1. Tax Processing Implementation Guide
  2. Reviewing VAT IDs Validated Using VIES

Reviewing VAT IDs Validated Using VIES

Access the Review VAT ID Additional Information form.

Field

Description

Address Number

The system populates this field with the address number returned from the VIES that identifies an entry in the Address Book system, such as employee, applicant, participant, customer, supplier, tenant, or location.

VAT Registration Number

The system populates this field with the VAT identification number returned from the VIES. The VAT ID is issued by a member state of the EU.

Name

The system populates this field with the description of the address returned from the VIES.

Address Line 1

The system populates this field with the first line of a mailing address for an employee, customer, or supplier that is returned from the VIES.

Address Line 2

The system populates this field with the second line of the mailing address for an employee, customer, or supplier that is returned from the VIES.

Address Line 3

The system populates this field with the third line of the mailing address for an employee, customer, or supplier that is returned from the VIES.

Address Line 4

The system populates this field with the fourth line of the mailing address for an employee, customer, or supplier that is returned from the VIES.

Country Code

The system populates this field with the UDC (74/VV) that identifies a country.

Requester Country Code

The system populates this field with the requestor's country code, which is a UDC (74/VV) that identifies a country.

Requester VAT Registration Number

The system populates this field with the VAT identification number of the requestor issued by a member state of the EU.

Request Send Date

The system populates this field with the date on which the VAT identification number was validated by VIES.

Consultation Number

The system populates this field with the consultation number received in response to a successful validation from VIES. This number can be used to prove to a tax administrator of a member state that you have checked a given VAT number at a given time and obtained a validation reply.