How do I add a new country?
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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.
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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.
 | A screen prompt should appear informing you that "No matching items found". This means you can create the desired Country in the system. |
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 [Parameters] 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.
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