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Stripe – new payment method now available!

Dear Customers, We are pleased to inform you that as of 29.10.2024 we have made available a new, extremely convenient payment method – stripe.com. Supported payment methods: 1. Cards: American Express China UnionPay (CUP) Discover & Diners Club eftpos Australia Japan Credit Bureau (JCB) Mastercard Visa 2. Bank redirects: BLIK Bancontact EPS iDEAL Przelewy24 We hope that making payments for our services will be even simpler, faster and more convenient. Viesapi.eu Team

By VIES API Team, ago
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Planned maintenance work

Dear customers! We would like to inform you that due to the urgent need to carry out maintenance work on the service, there will be a break in access to websites and API from 01:00 AM on May 28, 2024 (Tuesday) for approximately 10-20 minutes. The work will be related to increasing performance and improving the quality of services provided. If you have any questions, please contact Customer Service. We apologize for any possible inconvenience. Read more…

By VIES API Team, ago
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Planned maintenance work

Dear customers! We would like to inform you that due to the planned maintenance works, there will be a break in access to the website pages and to the API from 22:00 on May 11, 2024 (Saturday) to 02:00 on May 12, 2024 (Sunday). The works will be related to increasing the security of the system and improving the quality of services provided. If you have any questions, please contact Customer Service. We apologize for Read more…

By VIES API Team, ago
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VIES – invalid EU VAT number during verification

What should I do when the verification of the EU VAT number in VIES failed or VIES returned information that the number is incorrect or does not exist? Important Disclaimer The viesapi.eu service is not responsible for managing the VIES System, which is maintained by the European Commission. All matters related to outdated company data in the VIES System should be directed to the tax administration of a given country that is a member of Read more…

By VIES API Team, ago
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CESOP – New measures to fight VAT fraud on online sales

New measures to fight VAT fraud on online sales The European Commission has introduced new measures to combat VAT fraud in online sales, effective from January 1. These include the establishment of a Central Electronic System of Payment Information (CESOP) to enhance the detection and prevention of VAT fraud by facilitating the sharing and exchange of payment data among Member States. The initiative aims to address the significant VAT Gap in the EU, which stood Read more…

By VIES API Team, ago

VIES – Useful information needed in case of unavailability of VAT Information Exchange System

VIES – Useful information needed in case of unavailability of VAT Information Exchange System Dear customers, due to numerous questions from you regarding possible errors returned by the VIES system and frequent cases of VIES unavailability, we have prepared this entry to collect all the most important information on this subject in one place. At the beginning, we would like to recall the basic and most important assumption regarding the functioning of VIES from the Read more…

By VIES API Team, ago
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VIES Batch Validation

VIES Batch Validation Recently, a new, batch method of validating EU VAT numbers has been available on the European Commission’s website (VIES). Unfortunately, at the moment it is only available from the GUI level. While describing this validation method, we have prepared a survey for our clients from which we would like to find out whether you are interested in a batch (asymmetric) method of verifying EU VAT numbers. The batch validation menu contains two Read more…

By VIES API Team, ago

Changes in service prices from January 1, 2024

Dear customers, We would like to inform you that as of January 1, 2024 prices of all standard plans (subscription) are changing in accordance with the table below: Startup Business Professional 10 € 30 € 50 € 0,03 €/request (*) 0,02 €/request (*) 0,01 €/request (*) (*) Fees for single request will be charged unchanged, only after exceeding the limit of the number of requests (queries) resulting from the selected plan. The prices set for Read more…

By VIES API Team, ago

[SOLVED] Serious problems (MS_MAX_CONCURRENT_REQ error) with verifying companies from Germany (DE) in VIES

MS_MAX_CONCURRENT_REQ Error for Germany (DE) EU VAT numbers – workaround using new asynchronous function getVIESDataAsync Dear Customers, Due to the large number of reports sent by you regarding the inability to verify contractors in the VAT Information and Exchange System (VIES), who use the German EU VAT number (DE), we would like to present you the official response of the VIES technical support team. Below is our question: We have noticed that for a long Read more…

By VIES API Team, ago
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VIES service unavailable

Dear customers, We would like to inform you that today (November 28, 2023) from approximately 7:40 a.m. the API and GUI of the VIES system are unavailable. Therefore, queries sent using the getVIESData function will not be handled correctly and will return an error. A detailed message is available on the official website of the VIES system: https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/  At the same time, we would like to inform you that as soon as the VIES service Read more…

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