EU Live Vat Validation

This component validates VAT numbers against the official tax system of the EU.

Easy start

• Upload the files to a webserver.

• Navigate in your webbrowser to the uploaded EU Live Vat Validation. That's all!

Check out the demo for a visual impression of the front-end.

Expert mode: Instead of the user-friendly front-end

Check out the demo-file which is called index.php.

Results can be shown easily: $result->valid (Gives True or False) $result->name (Gives the name of the company registered on this vat number) $result->adress (Gives the adress of the company registered on this vat number) $result->iso (Gives the country) $result->vat(Gives the vat number)

Set a GET request to the EULiveVatValidation.php script or enter its location in the browser, in the following format:

http://www.yourdomain.com/vatcheck/EULiveVatValidation.php?iso=COUNTRY&vat=VATNUMBER

For example:

If you would like to check a German VAT-number in the EU-system the COUNTRY will be: DE. You can use the two letter short-code of a country. The VATNUMBER will be a given number which can have different lengths for each country. It could contain letters.

What will the check do?

The country and the vat-number will be checked in the system of the EU. The results are live. This means the data is always up-to-date.

Response values

The check will return results in one of several formats:

• TEXT (unformatted, only contains TRUE for a valid VAT-number or FALSE for invalid)
• JSON (unformatted)
• JSON with fixed font width which has been formatted for a teletype by a existing formatting system
• XML (version 1.0, UTF-8)

Default is a TEXT response. It is possible to define the return-method in the request URL:

http://www.yourdomain.com/vatcheck/EULiveVatValidation.php?iso=COUNTRY&vat=VATNUMBER&method=json

When the country or the vat is not filled in an empty page is shown. In this case a visitor does not immediately see any data you do not want him to see.

About the system

• Easy to install (just copy the files to your webserver)
• Easy to use visual search engine (Ceck out the demo)
• No database needed
• Fast
• Supports different popular formats like JSON
• No programming experience required
• Results are live and up-to-date according to the EU-system

Supported countries

• AT-Austria
• BE-Belgium
• BG-Bulgaria
• CY-Cyprus
• CZ-Czech Republic
• DE-Germany
• DK-Denmark
• EE-Estonia
• EL-Greece
• ES-Spain
• FI-Finland
• FR-France
• GB-United Kingdom
• HU-Hungary
• IE-Ireland
• IT-Italy
• LT-Lithuania
• LU-Luxembourg
• LV-Latvia
• MT-Malta
• NL-The Netherlands
• PL-Poland
• PT-Portugal
• RO-Romania
• SE-Sweden
• SI-Slovenia
• SK-Slovakia