Validate Italian VAT numbers (Partita IVA, P.IVA) against the EU VIES service. Paste one number or a whole list below: every entry is format-checked for Italy (IT + 11 digits) before it is sent to VIES.
The Italian VAT number is the Partita IVA (often written P.IVA), 11 digits issued by the Italian Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate). For intra-EU purposes it is written with the IT prefix.
Italian businesses also have a codice fiscale. For companies it is often the same 11 digits as the Partita IVA, but for individuals it is a 16-character code made of letters and digits, which is not a VAT number and cannot be checked in VIES.
The 11 digits have a fixed structure: the first seven identify the taxpayer, the next three are the code of the provincial tax office that issued the number, and the last is a check digit. The Agenzia delle Entrate offers its own online Partita IVA check for domestic status, while VIES answers whether the number is included in the VIES archive of operators enabled for intra-EU transactions.
Since 2019 Italian businesses exchange invoices electronically through the Sistema di Interscambio (SdI), and each business also has a 7-character recipient code (codice destinatario) for receiving them. That code is often requested together with the Partita IVA, but it is not a VAT number and fails the format check.
Livigno and Campione d'Italia are part of Italy but outside the EU VAT area.
Paste your Italian numbers into the validator above, one per line, each starting with IT. Spaces, dots and hyphens are removed automatically, and lower-case letters are converted to upper case.
justaxit first checks each entry against the Italy format (IT + 11 digits). Numbers with the wrong shape are flagged immediately and are not sent to VIES. Well-formed numbers are then checked through VIES, which asks the Italy tax administration whether the number is currently valid for intra-EU transactions.
Each result shows valid or invalid, plus the name and address when the member state shares them through VIES. If the national service is temporarily unavailable, the number is marked for retry rather than reported as invalid. Registered users can save lists and export results to CSV, Excel or PDF.
IT followed by the 11-digit Partita IVA, for example IT12345678901.
For many companies the digits are identical. For individuals the codice fiscale is a 16-character code and is not a VAT number.
The business may not be enabled for intra-EU operations. VIES reports whether the number is valid for intra-EU transactions, not whether it exists domestically.
A leading 0 was probably removed by a spreadsheet. Format the column as text and restore the zero.