Tax registration number

Requirement

All companies are given an identification number, named organization number, by authorities. This number is used when reporting corporate information to the government.

All countries that have VAT as a method of taxation require a VAT registration number. This number is often the organization number, with the addition of the country code.

In South Africa, the organization number is provided by the Companies Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC). This number is used when reporting corporate information to the government. The company registration number structure, introduced from 2014, is 12 digits long, for example, “1234 / 123456 / 12”.

In South Africa, the VAT number for both resident and non-resident businesses is 10 digits long, numeric, and starts with 4, for example, 4692512340.

M3 solution

The organization number, tax number, and VAT number of the company are stored on the division. The VAT numbers of the company’s customers and suppliers are stored per customer and supplier. The VAT number can be validated by M3. Validation rules are based on Modulo 10 or 97, depending on the type of number and country.

Configuration guidelines

Program ID	Program name	Description or comment
MNS100/G	Company. Connect Division	Specify the tax registration number and the VAT registration number of the entity.
CRS610/J	Customer. Open	Specify the VAT registration number of the customer.
CRS620/E	Supplier. Open	Specify the VAT registration number of the supplier.
CRS045	Country. Open	In the Chk dig mtd org field, set the validation method for the check digit of the tax registration number to 03. In the Chk dig mtd VAT field, set the validation method for the VAT registration number to 03.
OIS002/F	Customer. Connect Addresses	Optionally, in the VAT reg no field, specify the VAT registration number.