Poll Last Seen Result

Use this request to retrieve the last-seen validation result.

To retrieve the last-seen validation result, use the following URL and the GET method:

{service_url}/bulk/api/v3/tax_numbers/validate?last-seen-id={last_seen_id}

Here, {service_url} is the URL of the sandbox or production environment, and {last_seen_id} is the items.id value returned from the Poll Results request.

Restrictions

This request returns only processed validations. Each subsequent request may return additional results as processing continues, until the entire batch is complete.

Details

EndpointMethod
/bulk/api/v3/tax_numbers/validate?{last-seen-id}GET

Input parameters

ParameterDetail
last-seen-idThe items.id field value returned from the Poll Results response.

Request example

https://tax-id-validator-bulk-api.sandbox.marketplace.taxamo.com/bulk/api/v3/tax_numbers/validate?last-seen-id=CMGpMhACMAA=

Response example

{
    "items": [
        {
            "status": "processed",
            "request_id": "ANKpMhAXMAA=",
            "id": "CMGpMhACMAA=",
            "output": {
                "buyer_tax_number_valid": false,
                "buyer_tax_number_format_valid": false,
                "buyer_tax_number_validation_info": "tax-number-syntax-invalid"
            }
        },
        {
            "status": "processed",
            "request_id": "ANKpMhAYMAA=",
            "id": "CMGpMhAFMAA=", 
            "output": {
                "buyer_tax_number_valid": false,
                "buyer_tax_number_format_valid": true,
                "buyer_tax_number_validation_info": "tax-number-invalid-according-to-external-service",
                "buyer_tax_number_normalized": "111111111",
                "buyer_tax_number_service_cache_used": true,
                "buyer_tax_number_service_cache_timestamp": "2025-08-20T15:07:34Z",
                "tax_number_service": "tax.service.gov.uk.api"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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