VAT Validator

Laravel package for validating German and EU VAT identification numbers using the official German Federal Central Tax Office (Bundeszentralamt für Steuern) online service

Requirements

PHP 8.1 or higher
Laravel 10.x, 11.x or 12.x
Guzzle HTTP Client

Installation

You can install the package via composer:

composer require AmondiMedia/laravel-evatr

The package will automatically register its service provider.

Usage

Validation Rule

You can use the VAT validation rule in your validation rules:

use AmondiMedia\VatValidator\Rules\ValidVatNumber;

$rules = [
    'vat_number' => ['required', new ValidVatNumber()],
];

Using the Validation Rule Extension

You can also use the validation rule extension:

$rules = [
    'vat_number' => ['required', 'valid_vat_number'],
];

The validation rule extension also supports validating country code and VAT number separately:

$rules = [
    'country_code' => ['required', 'string', 'size:2'],
    'vat_number' => ['required', 'valid_vat_number:country_code,vat_number'],
];

Configuration

The package uses the German eVatR service by default. You can publish the configuration file:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="AmondiMedia\VatValidator\Providers\VatValidatorServiceProvider"

This will create a vat_validator.php file in your config directory.

Environment Configuration

Add the following variable to your .env file:

EVATR_REQUESTER_VAT_ID=DE123456789

EVATR_REQUESTER_VAT_ID: Your German VAT identification number (Umsatzsteuer-Identifikationsnummer) that will be used as the requester in the eVatR API calls.

The package also includes these default configurations:

API URL: https://evatr.bff-online.de/
Request timeout: 10 seconds

License

GNU General Public License. Please see License File for more information.

Laravel Evatr Laravel Package