Brussels, 14/06/2002 (Agence Europe) - From today, it will be easier for businesses across Europe to check the validity of their customers' VAT identification numbers on the Internet. The Commission has launched an online service which gives businesses access to certain parts of the system of electronic information exchange used between tax authorities, known as the "VAT Information Exchange System" or "VIES". Under current VAT rules, supplies of goods made by a trader in one Member State to...