Use multiple VAT numbers for a customer

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Customers who have warehouses in multiple EU countries have a different VAT number for each country. Business Central makes it easy to accommodate that situation. You can configure alternative VAT numbers and posting groups for customers' warehouses in different countries. When you use ship-to addresses on your sales documents for different countries, Business Central automatically applies the correct VAT number and corresponding posting groups.

Feature details

Customers with warehouses in different EU countries must register new VAT numbers in each country. These customers have more than one VAT number.

Although this feature is designed primarily for customers in the EU, customers in any country can use it if they have locations in other countries. Users must make sure they meet all legal obligations and requirements when they set up this feature.

You can add the VAT Number, the VAT Business Posting Group, and the General Business Posting Group to an alternate address for a customer when the address has a different Country/Region Code. When you want to send goods to another address and select an Alternate Ship-to Address, Business Central shows the correct VAT number. You can also use different posting groups.

When you create a new alternative address for your customer and enter a Country/Region Code that differs from the customer's existing setup, Business Central checks for an existing VAT Number for that country or region. If the VAT number doesn't exist, Business Central prompts you to create a new VAT number.

You can use this feature with the following sales documents:

• Sales invoices
• Sales orders
• Sales credit memos
• Sales return orders

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Additional resources

Multiple VAT registration numbers (docs)