Tax Identifiers

Carrier

Tax ID Types Supported

APC

VAT

Asendia (Legacy)

VAT

Asendia USA

VAT

Australia Post

VAT/IOSS

Dai Post

VAT/IOSS

DHL eCommerce Asia

VAT,GST,EORI,IOSS,PAN

DHL ECS

VAT,GST,EORI,IOSS,PAN,OTHER

DHL Express

VAT, SDT (IOSS), FTZ, DAN, TAN, DTF, CNP, DUN, EIN, EOR, SSN, FED, STA

DPD UK

VAT, EORI, PID, IOSS

FedEx

TIN

FedEx Cross Border

VAT, EORI, IOSS, TIN

FedEx Mailview

TIN

Globegistics

VAT

Royal Mail

VAT, EORI, IOSS

UPS

VAT, IOSS, VOEC, HMRC

UPS MI

VAT

USPS

VAT

Code

Description

CNP

Cadastro Nacional da Pessoa Jurídica:

A CNPJ is a 14-digit number; 12 base digits and two digits at the end that are the result of an arithmetic formula of the base numbers, making any typing mistakes when entering the number lead to an invalid number. Here is an example of a CNPJ: 13.339.532/0001-09 CNPJ generator.

DAN

Deferment Account Duties Only:

A duty deferment account lets you make one payment a month through Direct Debit instead of paying for individual consignments. You can apply for a duty deferment account if you're an importer, someone who represents importers or you're releasing goods from an excise warehouse.

DTF

Deferment Account Duties, Taxes and Fees Only:

A duty deferment account lets you make one payment a month through Direct Debit instead of paying for individual consignments. You can apply for a duty deferment account if you're an importer, someone who represents importers or you're releasing goods from an excise warehouse.

DUN

Data Universal Numbering System:

The Data Universal Numbering System, abbreviated as DUNS or D-U-N-S, is a proprietary system developed and managed by Dun & Bradstreet that assigns a unique numeric identifier, referred to as a "DUNS number" to a single business entity.

EIN

The Employer Identification Number:

Also known as the Federal Employer Identification Number or the Federal Tax Identification Number, is a unique nine-digit number assigned by the Internal Revenue Service to business entities operating in the United States for the purposes of identification.

EOR

This is the same as EORI, just how DHL Express refers to this tax ID type in their API.

EORI

An Economic Operators Registration and Identification number:

EORI is a European Union registration and identification number for businesses which undertake the import or export of goods into or out of the EU.

FED

Federal Tax ID

FTZ

Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ):

Are secure areas under U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) supervision that are generally considered outside CBP territory upon activation. Located in or near CBP ports of entry, they are the United States' version of what are known internationally as free-trade zones.

GST

A goods and services tax (GST) number:

Is a unique tax identification number assigned to a business by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).

HMRC

HM Revenue & Customs:

We are the UK's tax, payments and customs authority, and we have a vital purpose: we collect the money that pays for the UK's public services and help families and individuals with targeted financial support

IOSS

Import One-Stop Shop:

The IOSS allows suppliers and electronic interfaces selling imported goods to buyers in the EU to collect, declare and pay the VAT to the tax authorities, instead of making the buyer pay the VAT at the moment the goods are imported into the EU as it was previously the case (for products over 22 EUR).

OTHER

This is a specific type for DHL ECS, if a user isn't sure the type of their Tax ID, they will use this type.

PAN

A permanent account number:

A ten-character alphanumeric identifier, issued in the form of a laminated "PAN card", by the Indian Income Tax Department, to any "person" who applies for it or to whom the department allots the number without an application

PID

Person ID:

An identification number assigned to all people with a university relationship, as defined by an official university department.

SDT

GB VAT (foreign) registration

This is the code for an IOSS number for DHL Express.

SSN

Social Security number:

In the United States, a Social Security number is a nine-digit number issued to U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and temporary residents under section 205 of the Social Security Act

STA

State Tax ID

TAN

Deferment Account Tax Only:

A duty deferment account lets you make one payment a month through Direct Debit instead of paying for individual consignments. You can apply for a duty deferment account if you're an importer, someone who represents importers or you're releasing goods from an excise warehouse.

TIN

Taxpayer Identification Number:

A Taxpayer Identification Number is an identifying number used for tax purposes in the United States and in other countries under the Common Reporting Standard. In the United States it is also known as a Tax Identification Number or Federal Taxpayer Identification Number.

VAT

A Value Added Tax number:

An identifier used in many countries, including the countries of the European Union, for value added tax purposes.

VOEC

VAT on E-Commerce:

Norway implemented a simplified VAT scheme called VOEC (VAT on E-Commerce). This new scheme replaces the current VAT exemption of 350 NOK on low-value imported goods to consumers. VAT is applied to all items, regardless of value or whether or not you are VOEC-registered.