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 Zimbabwe, the company’s organization number is named Business Partner Number (BPN).

The VAT registration number is named Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN). The TIN is eight digits long and has this format: 10001111.

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 this information: Tax decl no Specify the company’s BPN. VAT reg no Specify the company’s TIN.
CRS610/J	Customer. Open	Set the VAT reg no field to the customer’s TIN.
CRS620/E	Supplier. Open	Set the VAT reg no field to the supplier’s TIN.
CRS045	Country. Open	Set the currency code. See Country version Zimbabwe.
OIS002/F	Customer. Connect Addresses	Optionally, set the VAT reg no field to the TIN.