Assign business posting type to Customer/Vendor

Tax Process Handling  •  Article  •  4/3/2023  •  4 min

A user can set a default business posting type for the customer. The following procedure works in a similar way for the vendor.

  1. Select the Search icon , enter Customers, and then choose the related link.
    The Customers list page opens.

  2. On the action bar, click New.
    The Customer Card page opens.

  3. In the Business Posting Type Code field, select the code for the customer. The description is filled automatically in the Business Posting Type Description field.

  4. On the Address & Contact FastTab, in the Country/Region Code field, select the code from the lookup table.

  5. In the VAT Registration No. field, select the customer's VAT registration number.
    When entering the customer on the sales order, the default business posting type is given higher priority while selecting the business posting type for the order. If a customer is linked to the Sell-to customer in a sales document header, the business posting group from the customer is used; otherwise, the business posting type from the bill-to customer in the sales document header is used.


    When the Use Business Posting Type as Automatic Template option is selected as 'Always' during the Business Posting Type configuration, the Business Posting Type is given a higher priority.

Assign business posting type to Ship-to address/Order Address

A user can set a default business posting type on the Ship-to address page. The following procedure works in a similar way for the customer Order Address.

  1. Select the Search icon , enter Customers, and then choose the related link.
    The Customers list page opens.
  2. Select the required No. to open the Customer Card page.
  3. On the action bar, go to Navigate < Ship-to Addresses.
    The Ship-to Address List page opens.
  4. Select the desired record from the list.
    The Ship-to Address page opens.
  5. On the General FastTab, in the Country/Region Code field, select the code from the lookup table.
  6. Close the Ship-to Address page.
  7. In the Business Posting Type Code field, select the code for the customer.
    The description is filled automatically in the Business Posting Type Description field.
  8. In the VAT Registration No. field, select the customer's VAT registration number.

When a user enters a different Ship-to address in the sales header of a sales document, the system will check if a different business posting group is set up for that ship-to address. These will be given preference over the business posting group assigned to the Customers.


If the location does not have a country/region code, the system will assign the country/region code from the Company Information page.