---
id: "is_vsk"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["finances"]
country: ["IS"]
langs: ["is"]
quality: 93
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/is_vsk"
---

# Icelandic VAT number (VSK) (`is_vsk`)

> **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.

Virðisaukaskattsnúmer, the VAT number in Iceland: five or six digits, sometimes written with the IS prefix.

- Parent datatype: `vatin`
- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Finances and banking (finances)
- Countries: Iceland (IS)
- Languages: Icelandic (is)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^(?:IS)?\d{5,6}$
```

## Examples

- `77121` — Synthetic number in the documented format
- `682085` — Synthetic number in the documented format
- `7712` (invalid example) — One character too few

## Mappings

- schema_org: `vatID`
- stdnum: `is_.vsk`

## Supported by tools

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

## Translations

- is: Virðisaukaskattsnúmer

## Sources

- other: <https://arthurdejong.org/python-stdnum/doc/2.2/stdnum.is_.vsk.html>
- other: <https://docs.dataprep.ai/user_guide/clean/clean_is_vsk.html>

## Quality

Score 93/100. Missing: authoritative source link.

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