How do I add a new country?

Summary

This article will discuss how to add a new country to the system to be used when assigning to an account that has a different country to that of Great Britain.

Creating a New Country

To create a new country in the system you will need to go to the customer properties screen to whom the country will be added to do this go to: "Sales Ledger" -> "Customer File Maintenance" -> "Add or Edit Customers". Either Search' for the customer if they already exist or add the customer here.

• Once in the "Customers Properties" you will need to click on the [Invoicing] tab.
• Then click onto the "Country:" field.
• Press <C+F1> to search for the Country you are wanting to add. To make sure the country 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.
• Then back in the country search click the [Add] button.
• The System will have a flashing cursor on the "Country:" field. enter in a code for this country then press <Enter>. e.g. KSA for The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• On the "Desscription:" field enter in the name of the country. e.g Saudi Arabia.

Adding settings for the Country

It is possible to set-up further settings for the country, in order to do this:

• Click on the [Parameters] tab.
• On the "Currency:" field enter the currencycode for this country, if unsure search for the code by pressing <C+F1>,and enter the country.
• On the "Other EC member state:" enter if this country is an other EC member state?

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

• On the "UN country code:" field, simply enter the 3 digit code given to the country by the UN.
• On the "V.A.T. report country code:" enter the code which is defined by HM Customs & Excise for this country.This is the code that will need to be added to V.A.T. reports before submitting them to HM Customs & Excise.
• On the "V.A.T. rate:" enter the default V.A.T. rate for this country.
• Press <Esc>.
• Click [Accept] on the screen prompt.
• Then 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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