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Account Information

Contact Information
When you create your FedEx account, you become the owner and primary billing contact.

Business Account
Your company must be registered as a business with your government or tax authority and have a valid Company Registration Number.

Company
If you are opening a business account, the company name is required.   

Business Accounts:

Company Registration No .: Official identification number when a company registers the business.

Tax ID: Unique identification number for tax purposes for businesses. (VAT No. in Switzerland, and Fiscal ID in Spain and Italy).

VAT No.: Alphanumeric registration number of up to 15 characters.  When entering the VAT number, it must include the first 2 letters that identify the respective country.

VAT identification number structure

Member State		Structure	Format*
AT-Austria		ATU99999999		1 block of 9 characters
BE-Belgium		BE0999999999		1 block of 10 digits
CZ-Czech Republic		CZ99999999 or CZ999999999 or CZ9999999999		1 block of either 8, 9 or 10 digits
DE-Germany		DE999999999		1 block of 9 digits
DK-Denmark		DK99 99 99 99		4 blocks of 2 digits
EE-Estonia		EE999999999		1 block of 9 digits
ES-Spain		ESX9999999X		1 block of 9 characters
FI-Finland		FI99999999		1 block of 8 digits
FR-France		FRXX 999999999		1 block of 2 characters, 1 block of 9 digits
GB-United Kingdom		GB999 9999 99 or GB999 9999 99 999 or GBGD999 or GBHA999		1 block of 3 digits, 1 block of 4 digits and 1 block of 2 digits; or the above followed by a block of 3 digits; or 1 block of 5 characters
HU-Hungary		HU99999999		1 block of 8 digits
IE-Ireland		IE9S99999L		1 block of 8 characters
IT-Italy		IT99999999999		1 block of 11 digits
LT-Lithuania		LT999999999 or LT999999999999		1 block of 9 digits, or 1 block of 12 digits
LU-Luxembourg		LU99999999		1 block of 8 digits
LV-Latvia		LV99999999999		1 block of 11 digits
NL-The Netherlands		NL999999999B99		1 block of 12 characters
PL-Poland	PL9999999999			1 block of 10 digits
SE-Sweden	SE999999999999			1 block of 12 digits

Remarks:
*: Format excludes 2 letter alpha prefix
9: A digit
X: A letter or a digit
S: A letter; a digit; "+" or "*"
L: A letter

Personal Accounts:

Tax ID: Unique identification number for tax purposes for private individuals. (Fiscal ID in Spain and Italy).

Address
The number of characters for the Address fields combined must not exceed 30.

Credit Card Authorization
To validate your credit card, we will perform an authorization on your credit card for the equivalent amount of $1.00. The authorized amount will never be deducted from your credit card.

Credit Card Information
Enter your credit card information that will be associated with this FedEx account to bill shipping charges.

Credit Card Billing Information
If your credit card billing address matches the address you provided in Contact Information, click on the box with your cursor to automatically populate the fields with the same information, or, provide the mailing address for the credit card.

Credit Card Verification
This authorization is used to verify that the billing address and phone number you've provided matches the information the bank has associated with the credit card details supplied (Applicable only to United Kingdom).