{"uid":"cap_k5d-z-ROY9_sMLrofr37P","slug":"synthora-vatcheck-9749264f","name":"SYNTHORA vatcheck","description":"EU VAT validation against the European Commission VIES service (official SOAP checkVat, real-time): validity, registered trader name & address for any EU VAT id (EL Greece, XI Northern Ireland included). Optional fiscal-context bundle from BOE (Spain official gazette) and EUR-Lex (EU law) intel feeds. Built for compliance, invoicing and B2B-onboarding agents. $0.02 USDC via x402 on Base. SYNTHORA. First 3 calls FREE per wallet — send header X-WALLET: 0x<addr>. 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Include the fiscal context bundle too.","exampleUseCases":[{"title":"B2B supplier onboarding check","prompt":"Before we add this new vendor to our system, can you validate their VAT number DE123456789 and confirm the registered company name and address matches what they gave us?"},{"title":"Invoice pre-issuance VAT verification","prompt":"I'm about to send an invoice to a French company — can you check if VAT number FR40303265045 is currently valid so I know I can apply the zero-rate correctly?"},{"title":"Compliance audit for Greek subsidiary","prompt":"We need to verify our Greek partner's VAT number EL123456789 is still registered and active — please pull the trader details and any relevant EU fiscal context."}],"resultDescription":"A JSON object indicating whether the VAT number is valid, the registered trader name and address, country code, and request date from the VIES service. Optionally includes a fiscal_context bundle with recent BOE (Spain official gazette) and EUR-Lex (EU law) digest items. Also returns provenance metadata including cache status, fetch timestamp, latency, and data sources used.","failureModes":["Invalid or malformed VAT number format returns ok:false with error detail","VAT number not found in VIES returns valid:false","VIES upstream unavailable returns error with no charge applied","Unsupported country prefix returns validation error","Network timeout from EC VIES SOAP service may cause delayed or failed response"],"whenToPreferThis":"Choose this endpoint when you need authoritative, real-time EU VAT validation directly from the European Commission VIES service — not a cached or third-party database. Particularly suited for compliance-critical workflows, B2B onboarding, pre-invoice validation, or when you need the official registered trader name and address. The optional BOE/EUR-Lex fiscal context bundle adds value for Spanish or EU-regulation-aware compliance agents. Covers all EU member states including Greece (EL prefix) and Northern Ireland (XI prefix).","instructions":null,"reviewSummary":null,"reviewSummaryHighlights":null,"reviewSummaryConcerns":null,"reviewSummaryGeneratedAt":null,"activationCount":0,"lastUsedAt":null,"lastSuccessfullyRanAt":null,"lastHealthCheckAt":"2026-10-13T00:36:00.158Z","isFirstParty":false,"canonicalSlug":"synthora-vatcheck-9749264f"}