How do I add a new country?

Summary

This article explains how to add a new country so that it can be assigned to an account located in a different country that is not your local country.

The system has a comprehensive list so you are advised to review the current list prior to adding a new code.

More Information

Creating a New Country

Go to " Sales Ledger Customer File Maintenance Add or Edit Customers".

• Once in "Customer Properties", click on the [Invoicing] tab.
• Click on the "Country:" field.
• Press <Ctrl+F1> to search for the Country to check that it does not already exist.
• Click [List] to list all countries.
• Scroll through the list to ensure the country code does not already exist before proceeding to add a new code.

Creating the Country Code

• Click the [OK] button to close down the screen prompt as above.
• Back in the country search, click the [Add] button.
• At the "Country:" field, enter a code for this country and press <Enter>, e.g. 'KSA' for The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• At the "Description:" field, enter in the name of the country. e.g 'Saudi Arabia'}.

Adding Settings for the Country

You may need to enter other settings for the country, so to do this:

• Click on the [Settings] tab.
• At the "Currency:" field, enter the currency code for this country. You can search for the code by pressing <Ctrl+F1>,and entering the country.
• On the "Other EC member state:", enter 'Y' if this country is an other EC member state. See the HMRC website for a list if you are not sure.

This is according to the definition from HM Revenue & Customs for V.A.T. purposes and may differ from the current full list of EC member states.

• At the "UN country code:" field, simply enter the 3 digit code given to the country by the UN.
• At the "V.A.T. report country code:", enter the code which is defined by HM Revenue & Customs for this country. This is the code that is needed for Intrastats and EC Sales statistics before submitting them to HM Revenue & Customs.
• On the "V.A.T. rate:", enter the default V.A.T. rate for this country.
• Press <Esc>.
• Click [Accept].
• To save the customer record, press <Esc> and click [Accept] on the screen prompt that appears.

See also

• How do I add a new currency?

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