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Some countries require the sender of a shipment to provide a tax ID for the recipient of that shipment.
There is a range of potential tax IDs depending on the destination company (e.g., VAT or EOR,I among others), and different courier companies also handle the capture of this data differently.
DHL Format Requirement
Our system has a single field called 'Recipient Tax ID' to capture this data.
However, DHL requires the Recipient Tax ID to be broken up into three parts: Type Code, Issuing Country Code, and ID number.
As a result, if you are providing a Recipient Tax ID while using DHL, you must enter the ID exactly as below (separated by commas):
Format: Type Code, Issuing Country Code, ID Number
Format Example: EOR,CZ,CZ123456789
Examples of Different Type Codes DHL Accept
| VAT | Value-Added tax |
| EIN | Employer Identification Number |
| GST | Goods and Services Tax |
| SSN | Social Security Number |
| EOR | European Union Registration and Identification |
| DUN | Data Universal Numbering System |
| FED | Federal Tax ID |
| STA | State Tax ID |
| CNP | Brazil CNPJ/CPF Federal Tax |
| IE | Brazil type IE/RG Federal Tax |
| INN | Russia bank details section INN |
| KPP | Russia bank details section KPP |
| OGR | Russia bank details section OGRN |
| OKP | Russia bank details section OKPO |
| SDT | Overseas Registered Supplier or Import One-Stop-Shop or GB VAT (foreign) registration or AUSid GST Registration or VAT on E-Commerce |
| FTZ | Free Trade Zone ID |
| DAN | Deferment Account Duties Only |
| TAN | Deferment Account Tax Only |
| DTF | Deferment Account Duties, Taxes, and Fees Only |
| RGP | EU Registered Exporters registration ID |
| DLI | Driver's License |
| NID | National Identity Card |
| PAS | Passport |
| MID | Manufacturer ID |