Automatically validate VAT numbers

Taxmarc™ can automatically check the VAT numbers when a VAT number is added to the customer master data. A real time link to VIES is made to validate the entered VAT number. The client can choose to treat the result of the VIES validation as:

1. An “error”: it is not possible to enter invalid VAT numbers in the customer master data or
2. A “warning”: invalid VAT numbers can be entered but are reported separately: check with the customer and/or correct. VAT numbers can expire or change due to changes in the legal structure of customers.

It is therefore important to periodically check the validity of the VAT numbers. In Taxmarc™ it is also possible to periodically carry out these controls as detective controls within the Tax Control Framework. This can be done in a fully automated process.