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PayPal and VAT |
PayPal and the European Value added tax (VAT) |
Many thanks for your interest in purchasing Adiscon products via PayPal. Please note that we can not accept PayPal payments from customers inside the European Union. That is the reason why EU countries are not in our PayPal country list.
We apologise for this. We are forced to do so due to the overly complex tax laws within the European Union. If you are from within the EU, please visit our online shop to purchase the products. The online shop does correctly handle European Law. If you absolutely need to purchase via PayPal, please contact info@adiscon.com - we can handle this process manually in this case.
Note: This only applies to you if you live in one of the EU countries.
The EU member country list and what the VAT is called in the respective language:
| EU country | VAT-ID in the respective language | Abbreviation | Countrysign | Further numbers |
| Austria | Umsatzsteueridentifikationsnummer | UID-Nr. | AT | nine (the first character has to be the letter "U".) |
| Belgium | Le numéro d’identification ŕ la taxe sur la valeur ajoutée
BTW - Identificatienummer |
No.TVA
BTW-Nr. |
BE | nine (only numbers) |
| Denmark | Momsregistreringsnummer | SE-Nr. | DK | eight (only numbers) |
| Finland | Arvonlisäveronumero | ALV-NRO | FI | eight (only numbers) |
| France | Le numéro d’identification ŕ la taxe sur la valeur ajoutée | none | FR | eleven (only numbers, the first and/or second character can be a letter.) |
| Germany | Umsatzsteuer-Identifikationsnummer | USt-IdNr. | DE | nine (only numbers) |
| Greece | Arithmos Forologikou Mitroou FPA | A.f.M. | EL | nine (only numbers; old eight-character IDs are completed by prepositioning the number 0.) |
| Ireland | Value added tax identification number | VAT No | IE | eight (the second caracter can and the last character has to be a letter.) |
| Italy | Il numero di registrazione IVA | P.IVA | IT | eleven (only numbers) |
| Luxembourg | Le numéro d’identification ŕ la taxe sur la valeur ajoutée | none | LU | eight (only numbers) |
| Neterlands | BTW-identificatienummer | OB-Nummer | NL | twelve (the third-last character has to be the letter "B".) |
| Portugal | O número de identificacao para efeitos do imposto sobre o valor acrescentado | NIPC | PT | nine (only numbers) |
| Sweden | Registrerungsnummer för mervärdesskatt (Momsnummer) | MomsNr. | SE | twelve (only numbers, the two lase characters are always the numbers "01") |
| Spain | El número de identificación a efectos del Impuesto sobre el Valor Anadido | N.I.F. | ES | nine (the first and/or the last character can be a letter.) |
| United Kingdom | Value added tax identification number | VAT Reg.No. | GB | nine or twelve (only numbers) |
| Estonia | Käibemaksukohustuslase registreeri-misnumber | KMKR-number | EE | nine (only numbers) |
| Latvia | PVN registracijas numurs | PVN-numurs | LV | eleven (only numbers) |
| Lithuania | Pridetines vertes mo-kescio moketojo kodas | PVM moketojo kodas | LT | nine (only numbers) or twelve (only numbers) |
| Malta | - | - | MT | eight (only numbers) |
| Poland | Numer identyfikacji podatko-wej | NIP | PL | ten (only numbers) |
| Slowaki republic | Dan z pridanej hodnoty | DPH | SK | ten (only numbers) |
| Slovenia | dav?na ?tevilka | - | SI/B> | eight (only numbers) |
| Czech republic | danove identifikacni cislo | DIC | CZ | eight, nine or ten (only numbers) |
| Hungary | közösségi adózám | vat name | HU | eight (only numbers) |
| Cyprus | - | - | CY | nine, the last character mustbe a letter. |