---
id: "fo_vn"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["finances", "companies"]
country: ["FO"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 85
url: "https://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/fo_vn"
---

# Faroese V-number (Vinnutal) (`fo_vn`)

> **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.

V-tal (Vinnutal), the number that the Faroese Tax Administration (TAKS) gives to businesses. It is the tax identification number of legal persons in the Faroe Islands. It is a six-digit consecutive number, sometimes written with an FO prefix.

- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Finances and banking (finances), Companies/business/organizations (companies)
- Countries: Faroe Islands (FO)
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^(?:FO)?\d{3} ?\d{3}$
```

## Examples

- `623857` — Example from the python-stdnum documentation
- `602 590` — Example from the python-stdnum documentation, written in groups
- `12345X` (invalid example) — Letters are not allowed

## Mappings

- stdnum: `fo.vn`

## Sources

- doc: <https://www.oecd.org/tax/automatic-exchange/crs-implementation-and-assistance/tax-identification-numbers/Faroe-islands-TIN.pdf>
- doc: <https://arthurdejong.org/python-stdnum/doc/2.2/stdnum.fo.vn.html>

## Quality

Score 85/100. Missing: translation, detector coverage.

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