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Billing - correct VAT number formats
Billing - correct VAT number formats

It is important to provide the correct combination of name and tax number to avoid queries from the tax office.

Updated over 10 months ago

When contracting our services, we will require your details for invoicing:

  • Physical name, DNI or NIE number, and address; or

  • Company name, CIF number, and address.

​Spanish VAT numbers

As a Spain based company, our customers with Spanish VAT details will always have to pay VAT and Spanish VAT numbers can look as follows. The VAT number you need to provide will depend on if you will be invoiced as a physical person or a company.

Country

Vat n. example

Code

Characters

VAT in local languages

España

12345678A
(physical person - Spanish National)

ES

9 characters (8 digits, 1 letter at the end)

DNI/NIF

España

Y1234567E
(physical person - Spanish Resident)

ES

9 characters (X or Y at the beginning, 7 digits, 1 letter at the end)

NIE

España

B12345678
(companies)

ES

9 characters (Letter followed by 8 digits)

CIF

EU VAT numbers outside of Spain

Persons or companies with a properly registered Intra-community EU VAT number will not pay Spanish VAT on their bills and any tax obligations will be dealt with in their own country if applicable. See the table below for correct number formats.

All EU VAT numbers supplied to us are regularly checked against the Spanish Tax Agency database.

Austria

ATU12345678

AT

9 characters. First one is always a U

USt

Belgium

BE0123456789

BE

10 characters. Prefix with 0 if there are only 9 characters

BTW, TVA, NWSt

Bulgaria

BG123456789
BG1234567890

BG

9 or 10 characters

ДДС

Croatia

HR12345678901

HR

11 characters

PDV

Cyprus

CY99999999L

CY

9 characters. Last one is always a letter

ΦΠΑ

Czech Republic

CZ12345678
CZ123456789
CZ1234567890

CZ

8, 9, or 10 characters. If more than 10 characters are provided, delete the first 3 as these are a tax code

DPH

Denmark

DK12345678

DK

8 characters

moms

Estonia

EE123456789

EE

9 characters

km

Finland

FI99999999

FI

8 characters

ALV, Moms

France

FR12345678901
FRX1234567890 FR1X123456789 FRXX123456789

FR

11 characters. It may include letters

TVA

Germany

DE999999999

DE

9 characters

MwSt., Ust.

Greece

EL123456789

GR

9 characters

ΦΠΑ

Hungary

HU12345678

HU

8 characters

ÁFA

Ireland

IE1234567L

IE

8 or 9 characters. Includes one or two letters (last, or second and last, or last 2)

CBL, VAT

Italy

IT12345678901

IT

11 characters

IVA

Latvia

LV12345678901

LV

11 characters

PVN

Lithuania

LT123456789, LT123456789012

LT

9 or 12 characters

PVM

Luxemburgo

LU12345678

LU

8 characters

TVA

Malta

MT12345678

MT

8 characters

VAT

Netherlands

NL123456789B01

NL

12 characters

BTW

Poland

PL1234567890

PL

10 characters

PTU, VAT

Portugal

PT123456789

PT

9 characters

IVA

Romania

RO12, RO123, RO1234, RO12345, RO123456, RO1234567, RO12345678, RO123456789, RO1234567890

RO

From 2 to 10 characters

TVA

Slovak Republic

SK1234567890

SK

10 characters

DPH

Slovenia

SI12345678

SI

8 characters

DDV

VAT numbers - rest of the world

Non EU countries as long as they provide correct Invoicing details are by default VAT exempt.

Australia

12345678901

AU

11 characters

ABN (Australian business number)

Chile

12345678
1234567K
123456789

CL

8 or 9 characters. (Last one can be K)

NIT (Número de identificación tributaria)

Egypt

123456789

EG

9 digits

Tax Identification Number

India

1234567890123Z1

IN

15 characters. Includes 1 or 2 letters

GSTIN

Indonesia

123456789012345
/
1234567890123456

ID

15 characters/
16 characters

NPWP(Nomor Pokok Wajib Pajak) /
NIK (Nomor Induk Kependudukan)

Japan

1234567890123

JP

13 characters

TIN

Kenya

P123456789W

KE

11 characters. Includes 2 letters

VAT number

Malaysia

W12345678901234

MY

15 characters

SST (Sales and service tax)

Mexico

AAA123456AAA

MX

12 characters

RFC

Norway

NO123456789MVA

NO

9 digits and the letters 'MVA'

VAT Number

Saudi Arabia

123456789012345

SA

15 digits

Tax Identification Number

Singapore

201533920C

SG

10 characters. Includes 1 letter

GST number

South Africa

123456789

ZA

10 digits

Tax Identification Number

South Korea

1234567890

KR

10 characters

Resident Registration Number and Business Registration Number

Sweden

SE123456789012

SE

12 characters

Mom s

Switzerland

CHE-123.456.789

CH

12 characters

UID number

Taiwan

12345678

TW

8 characters

VAT number

Thailand

1234567890123

TH

13 characters

TIN

Turkey

1234567890

TR

10 characters

KDV (Katma Deger Vergisi)

United Kingdom

GB123456789

GB

9 characters

VAT number

UAE

123456789012345

AE

15 digits

Tax Registration Number (TRN)

USA

123456789

US

9 digits

EIN/SSN/ITIN

Vietnam

1234567890 /1234567890123

VN

10 or 13 digits

Tax Identification Number (TIN)

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