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Why pay when VIES is free?

Three numbers.

When you don't need TaxID

If these three things describe you, call VIES directly — it's free and official.

• You validate fewer than 50 VAT numbers per month
• You can tolerate 1–4 second response times (VIES has no SLA)
• You have time to parse XML and handle ambiguous errors yourself

Direct VIES call — no API key required

const res = await fetch(
  "https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/services/checkVatService",
  {
    method: "POST",
    headers: { "Content-Type": "text/xml;charset=UTF-8" },
    body: `<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soapenv:Body>
    <checkVat xmlns="urn:ec.europa.eu:taxud:vies:services:checkVat:types">
      <countryCode>DE</countryCode>
      <vatNumber>123456789</vatNumber>
    </checkVat>
  </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>`,
  }
);
// Parse XML yourself.
// Note: same fault code for invalid VAT and for VIES downtime.
const xml = await res.text();

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