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VAT Checker
Enter a VAT number with its country prefix. EU numbers and Northern Ireland's XI numbers are checked live in VIES, the European Commission's register; UK GB numbers are checked against HMRC's check digits. SuperBooks does not save the numbers you check.
Check a number
Invoicing an EU business customer under the reverse charge? SuperBooks keeps their VAT number on the customer record. Try SuperBooks free.
Check numbers in bulk
The API takes up to ten numbers in one request. No key; each number counts once against the per-address limit.
curl -X POST "https://app.superbooks.io/api/tools/vat-check" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"numbers": ["DE811569869", "IE6388047V", "GB220430231"]}'Questions
- What does a VIES check tell me?
- VIES is the European Commission's service that asks the national tax database of an EU country whether a VAT number is registered for trade between EU countries. A valid result is the evidence you keep when you invoice a business customer in another EU country without VAT under the reverse charge.
- Can it check UK VAT numbers?
- GB numbers left VIES when the UK left the EU; only Northern Ireland's XI numbers are still in it. This tool tests a GB number's HMRC check digits, which catches most typos, and shows when a live HMRC lookup is not available.
- Why does a number come back as unavailable?
- VIES relays each check to the country's own system, and those go offline for maintenance. Unavailable means the country did not answer, not that the number is invalid; try again later.
- Why is no company name shown?
- Some countries, Germany among them, confirm whether a number is valid but do not disclose the name and address through VIES.