---
id: "ie_vat"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["finances"]
country: ["IE"]
langs: ["en"]
quality: 88
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/ie_vat"
---

# Irish VAT number (`ie_vat`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

VAT registration number in Ireland. It has eight or nine characters: seven digits and one or two letters. An older form has a letter or symbol in the second position.

- Parent datatype: `vatin`
- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Finances and banking (finances)
- Countries: Ireland (IE)
- Languages: English (en)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^(?:IE[ -]?)?(?:\d{7}[A-W][A-IW]?|\d[A-Z+*]\d{5}[A-W])$
```

## Examples

- `IE 9679477V` — Real-world value published online
- `IE6599001W` — Real-world value published online
- `9679477V7` (invalid example) — One character too many

## Mappings

- schema_org: `vatID`
- stdnum: `ie.vat`

## Supported by tools

- `awsglue`
- `dataprep`
- `pythonstdnum`

## Sources

- other: <https://arthurdejong.org/python-stdnum/doc/2.2/stdnum.ie.vat.html>
- other: <https://docs.dataprep.ai/user_guide/clean/clean_ie_vat.html>

## Quality

Score 88/100. Missing: authoritative source link, translation.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/ie_vat.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/IE/finances/ie_vat.yaml>