The following provides a graphical overview of how the system retrieves the From-country and the To-country on a purchase order line in general as well as different scenarios. Click to navigate to the following:
- Overview of retrieval on a purchase order line
- Scenario 1: Buy from an EU member and receive goods in an EU country
- Scenario 2: Buy from an EU member and receive goods in an EU country without VAT registration number
Overview of retrieval on a purchase order line
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Scenario 1: Buy from an EU member and receive goods in an EU country
The following describes how the From-country and To-country are retrieved when the following prerequisites apply:
- The EU reporting field in Work with companies is set to YES.
- Order address (supplier) is in Sweden (EU member). The Country field on the Work with purchase order, Purchase order address panel is set to the country code for Sweden.
- Goods received in a warehouse located in Belgium (EU member). The Country field on the Work with warehouses panel is set to the country code for Belgium.
- The country of receiving warehouse has a VAT registration number. The VAT registration no field on the Work with countries panel for Belgium contains a VAT registration number.
Based on the prerequisites, the following search is performed to find the From and To country for this scenario:
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- The EU reporting field in Work with companies is set to YES.
- Country of receiving warehouse (Belgium) is NOT the same as the country of order address (Sweden).
- Country of receiving warehouse is a member of EU (Belgium).
- Country of receiving warehouse has a VAT registration number in the Country table.
Scenario 2: Buy from an EU member and receive goods in an EU country without VAT registration number
The following describes how the From-country and To-country are retrieved when the following prerequisites apply:
- The EU reporting field in Work with companies is set to YES.
- Order address (supplier) is in Belgium (EU member). The Country field on the Work with purchase order, Purchase order address panel is set to the country code for Belgium.
- Goods received in a warehouse located in Sweden (EU member), but no VAT registration number is defined for country Sweden in Work with countries.
Based on the prerequisites, the following search is performed to find the From and To country for this scenario:
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- The EU reporting field in Work with companies is set to YES.
- Country of receiving warehouse (Sweden) is NOT the same as the country of order address (Belgium).
- Country of receiving warehouse is a member of EU (Sweden).
- Country of receiving warehouse has NO VAT registration number in the Country table.