A company trading across borders collects identifiers: a VAT number, an EORI number, a bank account, sometimes more. Trouble starts when the legal name, address, activity and signatory differ between them. This page is for the owner who wants to know whether those records agree before a bank, a customs counterpart or a customer asks.
Each registration was probably made at a different moment, by a different person, for a different purpose. The review lays them side by side and asks one thing: if a third party compared them, would they see one business or three loosely related ones? A mismatch may not be fatal on its own, but it can cause delays at the worst time, such as a first shipment or a new payment provider's review.
Which VAT or customs rules apply to you, and whether you need a registration at all, is a question for a licensed adviser or customs professional. We state what to ask and what to compare.
Customs identifiers and the bank holder name matter first, because an invoice, a declaration and a payment may all be checked against each other.
The question is which registrations the business model could trigger and whether the card or payment provider sees the same activity description.
The new entity may have inherited details from the old one. The check is whether anything still points to the wrong company.
We do not register, amend or submit anything for you.
Whether a registration is required in a country is a point for an adviser, not a conclusion of the review.
Finding or opening an account is a separate service.
This is the sequence we follow inside the written overview.
Write down every registration and account per entity: type, number, holder name, address, activity description, authorised person.
Mark differences in legal name spelling, address format, stated activity and the person who acts for the company.
Note which bank account receives customer money, pays suppliers and settles duties or taxes, and whether the holder matches the registered entity.
A comma in an address is cosmetic. A different legal entity, a changed director or a mismatched activity may not be.
Some corrections are yours, some belong to a registered professional, some need the provider. The overview assigns each one.
This is business and structuring analysis, not legal, tax or investment advice. Where a legal or tax opinion is needed, we say so and point you to a licensed adviser.
No. That depends on rules a licensed adviser must apply to your facts. We prepare the questions and the records that adviser will need.
The overview classifies each difference as cosmetic or material and suggests who should resolve it.
No. Freight and customs handling are outside this review; we only check that company records line up.
No obligation. We read your request and reply with a straight answer.
Describe your plan and your constraints. We reply with what we would look at first.
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