Connects Claude and other AI agents to live VAT registries in the EU (VIES), UK (HMRC VAT API v2), and Australia (ABR) for real-time validation before invoice approval or supplier onboarding. Exposes six tools including validate_vat, validate_uk_vat, and analyse_vat_risk for fraud detection targeting missing trader and carousel schemes. The compare_invoice_details tool cross-checks VAT numbers against invoice entities to catch deregistered fraud. Available over SSE with a 50-call free tier, then pay-per-query or prepaid bundles. Designed for compliance agents and accounts payable workflows where outdated VAT data from training sets won't cut it.
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validate_vatCall this BEFORE your agent approves any supplier invoice, onboards a new EU/UK/AU vendor, or processes any cross-border payment. Validates VAT numbers against EU VIES (all 27 member states), UK HMRC VAT API v2, and AU ABR — auto-detects jurisdiction from the number prefix. Re...3 paramsCall this BEFORE your agent approves any supplier invoice, onboards a new EU/UK/AU vendor, or processes any cross-border payment. Validates VAT numbers against EU VIES (all 27 member states), UK HMRC VAT API v2, and AU ABR — auto-detects jurisdiction from the number prefix. Re...
vat_numberstringinvoice_amountnumberinvoice_company_namestringget_vat_ratesCall this BEFORE your agent calculates invoice totals, applies tax rates, generates VAT-inclusive pricing, or validates that a VAT amount on an invoice is correct for a given country. Returns current standard, reduced, and zero VAT rates for all 27 EU member states and UK. VAT...1 paramsCall this BEFORE your agent calculates invoice totals, applies tax rates, generates VAT-inclusive pricing, or validates that a VAT amount on an invoice is correct for a given country. Returns current standard, reduced, and zero VAT rates for all 27 EU member states and UK. VAT...
country_codestringAI-powered VAT fraud detection and live VAT number validation for AI agents.
Validates EU, UK, and AU VAT numbers against authoritative live sources and uses AI pattern analysis to detect invoice fraud before payment is authorised. Built for compliance agents, invoice processing workflows, and supplier onboarding pipelines.
VAT fraud costs EU businesses €50bn annually. The most common attack vectors — missing trader fraud, carousel fraud, deregistered entity re-use — share one common signal: a VAT number that looks valid but isn't registered to the entity on the invoice.
Claude and other LLMs cannot reliably check live VAT registration status from training data. This tool calls the authoritative sources directly:
| Tool | Free Tier | Use When |
|---|---|---|
| validate_vat | 50/month | Before approving any EU, UK, or AU supplier invoice -- auto-detects jurisdiction, validates, and runs AI fraud analysis in one call |
| get_vat_rates | 50/month | Before calculating cross-border invoice totals |
Claude Code — add to .mcp.json: { "mcpServers": { "vat-validator": { "type": "sse", "url": "https://vat-validator-mcp-production.up.railway.app/sse" } } }
LangChain: from langchain_mcp import MCPClient client = MCPClient( "https://vat-validator-mcp-production.up.railway.app/sse" )
OpenAI Agents SDK: from agents.mcp import MCPServerSse mcp_server = MCPServerSse( params={ "url": "https://vat-validator-mcp-production.up.railway.app/sse" } )
| Tier | Calls | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 50/month | No card required |
| Pay-as-you-go | Unlimited | $0.010/query, billed monthly |
| Bundle 500 | 500 calls, never expire | $8 |
| Bundle 2000 | 2000 calls, never expire | $28 |
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ANTHROPIC_API_KEY*secretAnthropic API key for AI-powered fraud risk analysis
HMRC_CLIENT_IDsecretHMRC Developer Hub client ID for UK VAT validation
HMRC_CLIENT_SECRETsecretHMRC Developer Hub client secret for UK VAT validation