EEC VAT no. validation

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    Selling to the EEC, and trusting customers with the correct VAT registration details to zero-rate their purchases is turning out to be risky.

    We're using http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/vieshome.do to check the buyers' VAT registration. Inserting the details they give produces the company and the address so we can double-check.

    Does anyone else use this system? Is is reliable?
     
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    3pic

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    It is the 'official' VAT checking system and so is very reliable. I certainly use it.

    For added protection, you should print out your query so that you have evidence that you did check the VAT number at a point in time....just in case the customer later turns out to have de-registered at the time of your supply to them but the website had not been updated.
     
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