VAT Registration Validation Service
Common API Messages
OVERVIEW
Message | Description | Retry | VIES Service Code | EVATR Service Code | HMRC Service Code |
SERVICE_TIMEOUT | The application did not receive a response from the tax authority validation service within the expected time period. | Yes | TIMEOUT | ||
IP_BLOCKED | The IP Address has been blocked by the tax authority validation service. | No | IP_BLOCKED | ||
VAT_BLOCKED | The provided VAT registration number has been blocked by the tax authority validation service. | No | VAT_BLOCKED | ||
INVALID_REQUESTER_INFO | The requested VAT registration number cannot be validated since the requestor's information is invalid. | No | INVALID_REQUESTER_INFO | ||
INVALID | The requested VAT registration number is invalid. | No | 201,204 | 400 | |
INVALID_PRECONDITION_FAILED | The requested VAT registration number is invalid. It does not comply with the VAT registration number format. | No | 203,209,210,211,212,213,214,221 | 401(Series) | |
INVALID_VATID_NOT_REGISTERED | The requested VAT registration number is invalid. It is not registered with the EU member state concerned. | No | 202,206,207 | 404(Not found) | |
INVALID_REQUIRED_DATA_MISSING | The requested VAT registration number is invalid. The requested data does not contain all the necessary parameters or an invalid data type. | No | 215 | ||
VALID | The requested VAT registration number is valid. | No | 200,216,218,219,223 | 200 | |
SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE | The service is not available due to an error encountered either at the network level or the application level. | No | SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE, MS_UNAVAILABLE, SERVER_BUSY | 205,208,217,220,999 | 500(Series) |
GLOBAL_MAX_CONCURRENT_REQ | Your Request for VAT registration validation cannot be processed since the maximum number of concurrent requests has been reached. | Yes | GLOBAL_MAX_CONCURRENT_REQ, GLOBAL_MAX_CONCURRENT_REQ_TIME, MS_MAX_CONCURRENT_REQ, MS_MAX_CONCURRENT_REQ_TIME |
Last Updated: Jan 31,2022