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3500164 - S4HC: Warning Message Customer/Vendor is from an EU country/region enter a VAT registration number

Symptom

  • The warning "Vendor &1 is from an EU country/region; enter a VAT registration number" is raised while editing or creating a supplier in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition.
  • The warning "Customer &1 is from an EU country/region; enter a VAT registration number" is raised while editing or creating a supplier in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition.

Environment

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Edit or create a customer or supplier business partner without imputing a VAT number.
  2. The warning message "Vendor &1 is from an EU country/region; enter a VAT registration number" or "Customer &1 is from an EU country/region; enter a VAT registration number" is raised. 

Resolution

  1. This is a standard warning message which is raised when editing or creating a customer or supplier from an EU country where the VAT value has been left blank. (it can be maintained in the Business Partner tax numbers, e.g. DE0 for German VAT, IE0 for Irish VAT, ES0 for Spanish VAT etc.)
  2. The warning can be ignored or a VAT number can be entered.
  3. It is not possible to deactivate this warning message.

Keywords

S4_PC, S4_1C, S/4HANA Cloud, SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition, Vendor is from an EU country/region enter a VAT registration number, VMD_API043, Customer is from an EU country/region enter a VAT registration number, CMD_API007 , KBA , LO-MD-BP-2CL , Business Partners for Public Cloud , LO-MD-BP , Business Partners , How To

Product

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition all versions