verify_vat

io.github.zifengw/eu-business-data-mcp · Verify this server

Validate an EU VAT number against the official European Commission VIES service (27 EU states + XI Northern Ireland). Use when asked whether a VAT ID is valid/active, before zero-rated reverse-charge B2B invoices, or to get a company's registered name/address from its VAT number. Input: VAT with country prefix, e.g. 'IE6388047V', 'DE811193231' (spaces/dots ok). Returns status: valid | invalid | invalid_format | member_state_unavailable (VIES/member state down - retry later, valid=null) | error, plus name, address (if the member state discloses them; DE/ES often don't) and consultation_number (audit proof) when requester is set. For GB VAT numbers use HMRC instead; for >1 number use verify_batch.