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Optimise business verification processes to ensure compliance, prevent fraud, and validate company trustworthiness.
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VAT number verification and validation automation

Engaging with Unverified Companies Puts Your Business at Risk.

  • Engaging with non-existent and fraudulent businesses poses significant risks to your company. Ensuring the businesses you interact with are legitimate from the outset can help prevent financial losses and keep your operations running smoothly.
  • Undetected fraud can expose your business to both financial and legal risks. Failing to screen companies against global registries allows fraudulent entities, shell companies, and high-risk businesses to go unnoticed.
  • A lack of transparency in business ownership undermines trust and compliance. Companies may unknowingly engage with illegitimate entities, risk violating compliance regulations, and make uninformed business decisions without verifying ownership structures and corporate connections.
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Automation of VAT number verification and validation
enables our customers to:

1. Ensure accurate VAT compliance and speed up onboarding
Automating VAT verification enables you to quickly find and verify a VAT number and the associated company information you need. This process ensures that all businesses you engage with have valid VAT numbers and are legitimate. It allows your company to onboard and work with only reliable partners and customers.
Example: A global ecommerce platform sought a quicker method for onboarding new sellers while ensuring compliance with VAT regulations. By implementing an automated VAT verification process, they were able to instantly validate each seller's VAT number against official tax databases and related company information prior to final manual approval.
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2. Minimize fraud risks and avoid legal and financial penalties
Automated VAT verification helps identify fraudulent or invalid VAT numbers before they can negatively impact your business. Cross-checking against official and reliable databases minimizes the risk of engaging with non-compliant or high-risk entities. Preventing these risks not only protects your company's financial stability but also shields you from potential legal disputes or penalties imposed by tax authorities. A strong verification system ensures that only legitimate businesses are included in your network.
Example: A logistics company expanding into new EU markets encountered risks associated with partnering with fraudulent or non-existing businesses. To address this, they automated VAT verification, which allowed them to identify invalid VAT registrations early on. As a result, the company safeguarded itself from legal penalties and ensured that it partnered only with verified and compliant businesses.
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3. Improve operational efficiency and reduce manual checks
Automating VAT verification streamlines daily operations by eliminating the need for manual checks, enabling your team to concentrate on more important tasks. By swiftly validating VAT numbers, you can avoid delays in processing. This results in smoother business operations and faster, more efficient partnerships globally.
Example: A global B2B supplier faced delays in processing international orders due to manual VAT validation for customers across multiple countries. By automating VAT verification, they instantly confirmed VAT numbers at checkout, ensuring tax compliance before transactions were finalized. This eliminated time-consuming back-and-forth checks, reduced invoicing errors, and sped up order fulfillment.
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Verify VAT numbers - instantly.

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Easily integrate our VAT verification API into your existing systems, enabling instant validation of VAT numbers directly within your workflows. Our API connects your software to an authoritative and reliable database worldwide, ensuring real-time access to accurate and up-to-date VAT registration details. Automate compliance checks, minimize manual work, and verify business VAT status in seconds.
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If you need to validate large datasets in flat files, our services are here to help. We can assist in verifying VAT numbers included in files such as XLS or CSV format. Simply send us your dataset, and we will process it, returning a validated file within one business day.
The European Union observed a 38% reduction in the VAT gap, thanks to the digitalization of tax processes, which includes real-time reporting and e-invoicing.
Take charge of your VAT compliance and start the automation today.
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Frequently asked questions
What is VAT verification and why is it important?

VAT verification involves confirming the authenticity of a business's VAT number to ensure that the company is properly registered for VAT purposes.
This process is essential for preventing fraud, ensuring compliance with tax regulations, and avoiding penalties associated with incorrect VAT filings or transactions. Accurate VAT verification is particularly important for businesses engaged in cross-border transactions, as it helps ensure they are working with legitimate and tax-compliant partners.

How does VAT validation help in reducing business risks?

Validating VAT helps reduce business risks by ensuring that all partners, suppliers, and customers are legitimate VAT-registered entities.

This process helps prevent fraudulent transactions, ensures accurate tax filings, and minimizes the risk of working with non-compliant businesses that could lead to tax audits or penalties. By verifying that a business is registered for VAT, companies can proceed with transactions confidently, knowing they are not violating tax laws.

Can automated VAT verification reduce manual errors?

Yes, this is one of the main purposes of creating such automation.

Automated VAT verification significantly reduces manual errors by eliminating the need for manual data entry and cross-checking of VAT numbers. Automation speeds up the verification process and ensures that the data you are working with is up-to-date and accurate, helping avoid the costly mistakes that can result from human error.

How do I integrate VAT verification into my workflow?
You can easily integrate VAT verification into your workflow using our API. If you have software, a tool, or a platform, you can connect our API to provide VAT verification services directly within your system, allowing for automatic validation of VAT numbers. For bulk validation, you can upload a file (CSV or XLS), and you'll quickly receive the results in a structured format.
What happens if a VAT number is invalid?
If a VAT number is invalid, it indicates that the company is not properly registered or that the VAT number provided is incorrect. This could mean that the business is not compliant with tax regulations, and engaging with them could result in legal or financial consequences.
How can VAT verification help with cross-border transactions?
Automated VAT verification ensures that your international business partners are compliant with local tax regulations, making cross-border transactions smoother. It helps you avoid potential fines for incorrect VAT claims or payments, ensures that you're applying the right VAT rates, and confirms that you are engaging with legitimate, VAT-registered businesses. This is especially crucial when trading across different jurisdictions with varying VAT laws.
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