if a VAT does not exists in VIES it does not mean it does not exist

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if a VAT does not exists in VIES it does not mean it does not exist

demobiel opened this issue 6 years ago · 1 comments

Just something I learned today, VIES only manages VAT numbers where the company has to pay VAT. For example Doctors or Libraries in Belgium don't have to pay VAT, but they have a VAT number. However you won't find those VAT numbers on VIES.

So I think the method name "validateExistence()" is not 100% accurate.

besides that: thanks for this library!

Answer 1 · 2018-12-17T12:38:18.000Z

Hey, thanks for the heads-up @demobiel. I'm not entirely sure if that's something the library should account for too be honest.