if a VAT does not exists in VIES it does not mean it does not exist

ibericode / vat

PHP library for dealing with European VAT

https://packagist.org/packages/ibericode/vat

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if a VAT does not exists in VIES it does not mean it does not exist #18

Closed demobiel closed 5 years ago

demobiel commented 6 years ago

Just something I learned today, VIES only manages VAT numbers where the company has to pay VAT. For example Doctors or Libraries in Belgium don't have to pay VAT, but they have a VAT number. However you won't find those VAT numbers on VIES.

So I think the method name "validateExistence()" is not 100% accurate.

besides that: thanks for this library!

dannyvankooten commented 5 years ago

Hey, thanks for the heads-up @demobiel. I'm not entirely sure if that's something the library should account for too be honest.