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Our company is registered in France and has a French VAT number. We are currently opening a warehouse in Switzerland and the same company (not a subsidiary) will be given a Swiss VAT number by the Swiss authorities.

The VAT collected and paid in Switzerland will be separated in the GL by country (we already declare VAT in different EU countries, but always with the same VAT number).

However, it seems that BC does not support having multiple VAT numbers (one per country) for a single company (Multiple VAT registration numbers per Country (dynamics.com)), but we need this number to be present on invoices and other documents going to Switzerland.

We could customize the masks for Switzerland to include the new VAT number, but hardcoding a VAT number on a document mask does not seem like a best practice. I am planning instead to ask our BC vendor to add a second VAT field and then choose the appropriate VAT fields based on some logic.

Anyone has had a similar issue and what are your suggestions or experience?

Thank you in advance for your reply.

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Netjacker2097 286 on at

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Perfect :D

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@Netjacker2097 We are using two GL accounts, one per each VAT. Thanks.

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Netjacker2097 286 on at

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your most welcome, there are a few other work around but require some dev work.

Are you handling your output tax separately for Switzerland VAT in another GL account or all wrap up into one GL?
This is also something to consider if you are doing some devwork to make sure your able to identify correct Output Tax for Each country.

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giovanni79 160 on at

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Thank you Netjacker2097, this is a solution I was contemplating, but I was wondering if there were other suggestions.

Yun ZHu, thanks, interesting to read that this change might happen.

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Hi Giovanni79,
To summarize, your billing customer in Switzerland needs the VAT to be included on the posted invoice, and it's essential to display your company's VAT registration for that country.

As a suggestion, consider creating an additional Sales-Invoice layout in Microsoft Word (assuming you've done this previously) and embed the Switzerland VAT registration number directly into the document.

Ensure that you give the layout a recognizable name for easy retrieval later.

For guidance on creating a Word document layout in Business Central (BC), you can refer to the following tutorial link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6q3RW2A0GI

Now, proceed to each of your customer accounts that necessitate this document and apply a customized document layout to each account.

select type "Invoice" and in the next column enter "1306" and select the document name that you have created.

then try to print one and this should show the Switzerland VAT registration number instead on the VAT No. on your company information for FR.

no customs development needed :)

hope this helps.

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YUN ZHU 90,208 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi, this problem was discussed in MS Yammer, if you are interested you can check the detailed records below.

https://www.yammer.com/dynamicsnavdev/threads/2176573206790144

PS: aka.ms/BCYammer: Dynamics 365 Business Central Partner Community (Formerly: Development)
More details: About Business Central partner community on Viva Engage (formerly Yammer)

Thanks.

ZHU

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