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…
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 All matters related to outdated company data in the VIES System should be directed to the tax administration of a given country that is a member of Read more…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
VIES API – JSON format for returned responses now available! Dear customers, We would like to inform all viesapi.eu customers that, to meet their needs, we have implemented the possibility of obtaining a response consistent with the JSON structure after sending a query directly to the provided REST API interface. The new version of the API was implemented in the production and test environments and covered all currently available functions. Details on how to get Read more…
We are pleased to announce that our “VIES API” application is now available on the next low-code platform – make.com. If you have an account on this platform, you can use our application, for example, to automate setting up company accounts in CRM applications. Below is a complete list of functions (modules) available in the application make.com) along with a short description of the application: Get VIES Data – function equivalent getVIESData, which allows you Read more…
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