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VAT number verification

Source: European Commission | | 25/09/2014

The European Commission website includes an on-line service which allows taxpayers to check if a quoted VAT number is valid. The service allows taxpayers to obtain a certificate to prove that they checked that a VAT registration number was valid at a given time and date. This system has been designed primarily to protect taxpayers.

The certificate will provide valuable evidence for a taxpayer to prove that they acted in good faith should HMRC challenge input tax recovery or seek payment of lost VAT.

The on-line system is also useful to businesses who zero-rate sales to businesses in other EU countries as it can help establish one of the conditions for zero-rating i.e. that your customer is VAT registered.

The on-line service is available at the following address: http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/vieshome.do?selectedLanguage=EN

 

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McAllisters is a partnership trading from Paxton House, 11 Woodside Crescent, Glasgow providing accountancy and tax services and general business advice and is a member of ICAS (Registration No 0342) and an FCA exempt professional firm (No 301235). Its VAT number is 261 3019 94

McAllisters (Scotland) Ltd is a related business providing tax and business advisory services to McAllisters and its clients. McAllisters (Scotland) Ltd is registered in Scotland (Registration number SC146856). Its VAT number is 624 0564 62.

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