---
id: "lu_tva"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["finances"]
country: ["LU"]
langs: ["fr", "de", "lb"]
quality: 93
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/lu_tva"
---

# Luxembourg VAT number (`lu_tva`)

> **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.

Numéro d'identification à la taxe sur la valeur ajoutée, the 8-digit VAT number in Luxembourg. The last two digits are check digits.

- Parent datatype: `vatin`
- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Finances and banking (finances)
- Countries: Luxembourg (LU)
- Languages: French (fr), German (de), Luxembourgish (lb)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^(?:LU[ -]?)?\d{3} ?\d{3} ?\d{2}$
```

## Examples

- `LU 22991225` — Real-world value published online
- `LU 19406747` — Real-world value published online
- `229912257` (invalid example) — One character too many

## Mappings

- schema_org: `vatID`
- stdnum: `lu.tva`

## Supported by tools

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

## Translations

- fr: Numéro d'identification à la TVA

## Sources

- other: <https://arthurdejong.org/python-stdnum/doc/2.2/stdnum.lu.tva.html>
- other: <https://docs.dataprep.ai/user_guide/clean/clean_lu_tva.html>

## Quality

Score 93/100. Missing: authoritative source link.

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