Coficom Trust – EU VAT Number Format

201612.19

Coficom Trust – EU VAT Number Format

EU Country	Abbreviation	VAT Number Format	National Prefix	Example	Notes
Austria	MWST	One letter and eight digits	AT	AT U12345678	The first character is always ‘U’
Belgium	BYW	Nine digits	BE	BE 123456789
Denmark	MOMS	Eight digits	DK	DK 12345678
Finland	ALV	Eight digits	FI	FI 12345678
France	TVA	Eleven digitsor Ten digits and one letter or Nine digits and two letters	FR	FR 12345678901or FR X2345678901 or FR 1X345678901 or FR XX345678901	May include 1 or 2 letters :-Either FIRST, SECOND or FIRST & SECOND. All letters except O and I are valid.
Germany	MWST	Nine digits	DE	DE 123456789	Must be the 9 digit ‘Umsatzsteur Identifikationnummer’ (Ust ID Nr.)
Greece	ΦΠΑ	Nine digits	EL	EL 012345678	Prefix any 8 digit number with zero
Ireland	VAT	Seven digits and one letteror Six digits and two letters	IE	IE 1234567Xor IE 1X34567X	Includes 1 or 2 letters :-Either LAST or SECOND & LAST
Italy	IVA	Eleven digits	IT	IT 12345678901
Luxembourg	TVA	Eight digits	LU	LU 12345678
Netherlands	BTW	Eleven digits and one letter	NL	NL 123456789B01	Tenth character is always ‘B’The 3 digit suffix is always B01 to B99.
Portugal	IVA	Nine digits	PT	PT 123456789
Spain	IVA	Eight digits and one letteror Seven digits and two letters	ES	ES X12345678or ES 12345678X or ES X1234567X	Includes 1 or 2 letters :-Either FIRST, LAST or FIRST & LAST.
Sweden	MOMS	Twelve digits	SE	SE 123456789001	The last 2 characters must be ’01’.
UK	VAT	Nine digitsor Twelve digits	GB	GB 123456789or GB 123456789001	Twelve digits if the number represents a sub-company within a group