UK Government Data Standards Catalogue

Metadata Value
Data Element

Value Added Tax Number

Is Part Of
Organisation Information
Has Parts  
Version 2.0 
Status Release 
Previous Versions  
Later Versions  
Date Agreed 1 January 2002

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Name

Value Added Tax Number

Description The Value Added Tax registration number issued by Customs & Excise to a person or organisation.
Business Format 9 characters
Element Type Data Item
XML Schema
View whole schema document OrganisationIdentifierTypes as XML
View definition ValueAddedTaxNumberType as HTML
Validations
1. Must be 9 characters.
2. Modulus97 can be used to validate the check digits (last two digits).
Value
DefaultValue
Owner HMCE
Based On HMCE
Verification
Comment