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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.
  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 , Business Partners , How To

Product

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition all versions