Intra-Community cif number?

Posted by smayles PM | on Thu, 20/12/2012 - 15:28 535 7 comments | report

A UK limited company trading in Spain has been asked for their cif number by a Spanish customer. As far as I can tell, this is a VAT number with a suffix identifying the country of origin. The UK company is not registered for VAT, but the client won't accept their invoice without it. What can they do?

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The CIF number is the

shaun king | Thu, 20/12/2012 - 15:58

What a fantastic answer!

Moonbeam | Thu, 20/12/2012 - 16:49

CIF is ALSO the company reg. no.

emilys_lake | Thu, 20/12/2012 - 17:02

I have tried the company

shaun king | Thu, 20/12/2012 - 17:04

Thanks Shaun

emilys_lake | Thu, 20/12/2012 - 17:18

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smayles | Fri, 21/12/2012 - 10:52

Oh good old HMRC - rong

shaun king | Fri, 21/12/2012 - 17:11