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

# Maltese VAT number (`mt_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 Malta: eight digits, the first not 0, with a weighted check.

- Parent datatype: `vatin`
- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Finances and banking (finances)
- Countries: Malta (MT)
- Languages: Maltese (mt), English (en)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^(?:MT[ -]?)?[1-9]\d{3}[ -]?\d{4}$
```

## Examples

- `MT 20630321` — Real-world value published online
- `MT 17025737` — Real-world value published online
- `206303217` (invalid example) — One character too many

## Mappings

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

## Supported by tools

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

## Sources

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

## Quality

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

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