Invalid VAT number doesn't mean that it's not real ;-)
michalsingr opened this issue · comments
Line 222 in c367d11
This condition might be tricky... As my second test I've tried VAT CZ27082440 (the biggest e-shop in our country) which was evaluated by validateVatSum() method as invalid but it's existing and can be properly checked via VIES website.
I understand that the purpose of this is probably reducing requests to VEIS but IMHO I would not trust any EU administrator that a pattern (probably defined by law) for VAT number was fulfilled. As a result of this condition we get faked data, not real data from VIES.
Removing this condition or making it optional would help.
@michalsingr Just pushed a patch to fix this issue. Maybe it's a good idea to add a switch that would allow to disable check-sum checking and relay 100% on the VIES API.