Mark, Thanks I am very well aware of what the ABN signifies, or did you not read the question properly.
As far as the wrong ABN number on forms yes I am aware of that, but until this discussion I wasn't even aware that the ABN has a checksum style attribute embeded in the number. Andrew Scott Senior Coldfusion Developer Aegeon Pty. Ltd. www.aegeon.com.au Phone: +613 8676 4223 Mobile: 0404 998 273 -----Original Message----- From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Stanton Sent: Tuesday, 10 April 2007 10:13 AM To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com Subject: [cfaussie] Re: validating an ABN > So this begs the question, what is really so special about the number that > needs validating? An ABN is one way of establishing identity. It's like to a drivers licence or social security number for companies (except that the information associated with it is public). In my mind it is different to a phone number in this respect. It is one thing to have a number that matches the pattern of an ABN, it is another to have an verified, active ABN, because from there you can gather all sorts of other information like GST status, registered address, trading name, etc... If you need to do business with other companies this is very important. Imagine you provide financing for company cars and I'm on your website filling out some forms to set up a new lease. If I make an honest mistake and get a couple of digits wrong on my ABN, this is going to impact the validity of the lease agreement and the correctness of your accounting. Add to this that I could deliberately be providing you with an ABN that looks right, but isn't ok for business (e.g. http://tinyurl.com/23rxso). -- Mark Stanton Gruden Pty Ltd http://www.gruden.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to cfaussie@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
