VAT Converter

Extract text from Tax declaration or token files (VAT)


Drop or upload your .VAT file
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How to extract text from your VAT file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your VAT file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert VAT to another file type

To convert VAT files to another format, you need Belgium Intervat or other Data software.

Convert a file to VAT

To convert other file formats to the "Tax & Security Data File" file type, you need software like Belgium Intervat or a similar tool.


About VAT files

The .VAT file extension primarily represents a Belgian VAT declaration file. Businesses and accountants use these files to submit their value-added tax returns electronically through the Belgium Intervat government portal. In a minority of cases, a .VAT file functions as a Voltage Security Protocol Token, which is an XML authentication file utilized by Voltage SecureFile for encrypted enterprise data access. Users face significant disadvantages with .VAT files. The format is tightly restricted to specific government or enterprise ecosystems. You cannot open a .VAT file natively in web browsers, and reading the raw data requires navigating complex XML structures or having active login credentials for the Intervat portal. For Voltage tokens, the file is entirely useless without an active enterprise license and the correct decryption environment. The best conversion targets for a .VAT file are XML and ZIP for raw data extraction, or PDF for creating a printable, permanent record of a tax return. Converting to PDF loses the digital signature required for official portal submission, but provides a readable backup for human review and audits. This file format is exceptionally difficult for standard online converters to process because it relies on a closed, domain-specific schema. Often, only the original government portal or enterprise security software can properly read or export the data. Standard document converters fail because they do not understand the underlying tax schema. Because our analysis detects the supported underlying ZIP or XML formats embedded inside the .VAT file, viewing or conversion may still be possible.

Convert.Guru analyzes your VAT file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

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FAQ

If you want to convert VAT file to , you can use Belgium Intervat or similar software from the "Tax E-Filing Archive" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert files to VAT, try Belgium Intervat or another comparable tool in the "Tax E-Filing Archive" category.



The VAT Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our VAT converter.