Business, tax and funding
IdNr
Abbreviation for Identifikationsnummer
In short and in plain language
IdNr is the German short form for a number that shows who someone is.
It is mostly part of longer words. One example is the number for value added tax.
This number marks firms that trade in the European Union.
It plays a role on bills to firms in other states of the Union, for example.
Definition
IdNr is the German short form of Identifikationsnummer, meaning identification number. It appears mainly in compounds such as USt-IdNr, the VAT identification number used for trade within the European Union. It plays a role, for example, in invoices to business customers in other EU countries.