1. Scope of use: German local tax number is mainly used for the official tax code of German companies and uploading the VAT tax number on Amazon platform. The VAT tax number is mainly used when the company issues invoices, and also serves as the identification basis for VAT calculation and reimbursement.
2. Format: The format of German local tax number is12/123/12345, while the format of VAT tax number is DE 123456789.
To sum up, there are obvious differences between German local tax number and VAT tax number in the scope of use and format.