Switzerland

Validate tax registration numbers as per Switzerland's validation rule. All businesses in Switzerland are assigned a global unique identifier called Switzerland VAT.

Ensure that the following details are correct for Switzerland VAT:

• Country Code: CH

• Validation Type: ORA_CH_VAT

• Description: Switzerland VAT

• Number of digits: 8 or 15 or 16

• Format:

  • Up to End of 2013 old format is valid

    8 Characters: 2 Character Country Code (CH) + 6 digit number

  • 16 characters: A(1-3)+ N(1-9) + A(4-7)

    A(1-3) = {CHE}

    A(4-7) = {MWST}

    (German part)

  • 15 characters: A(1-3)+ N(1-9) +A(4-6)

    A(1-3) = {CHE}

    A(4-7) = {TVA}

    (French part)

  • 15 characters: A(1-3)+ N(1-9) +A(4-6)

    A(1-3) = {CHE}

    A(4-7) = {IVA}

    (Italian part)

• Check digits: No

• Check Digit Validation: No

• Default Validation: ORA_CH_VAT

Example:

Good:

• CHE-318.065.437 MWST

• CHE-318.065.437 IVA

• CHE-318.065.437 TVA

Bad:

• AA123456789 (Invalid country code)

• 1234567894 (Missing country code)

• CHE123456789 (Invalid format - too short)

• CH123456789454545 (Invalid format - too long)

• CHE123456789ABCD (Invalid format - last wrong characters)