New Tax Number Type for Northern Ireland
A new tax number type called Northern Ireland Protocol: VAT Reg. No is introduced for Great Britain.
Since the UK is now a third country, taxable cross-border transactions between EU and GB (England, Scotland and Wales) are classified as imports and exports and thus treated as transactions between EU and any other non-EU third country. However, there is a dual position of Northern Ireland due to the aim of avoiding a physical border on the island of Ireland.
If you have customers and suppliers in GB and in particular Northern Ireland regions, you must enable the Northern Ireland Protocol: VAT Reg. No tax number type to be able to exchange this information bidirectionally with other SAP sytems, such as ERP and S/4. It has similar validations as GB VAT Tax Number. Businesses falling under the Northern Ireland Protocol will be identified with an XI VAT registration number for the trade of goods between NI and EU 27 MS. This number would consist of the prefix “XI” followed by the numeric digits of the existing GB VAT registration number.
For more information, check the following SAP Note: 2885225 - BREXIT: Through the Transition Period and
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Scope and Configure
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Navigate to
Business Configuration 
Overview
and search for the General Business
Partners fine-tuning activity. -
Click Maintain Tax Number Types to open a new screen.
Select the checkbox next to Northern Ireland Protocol: VAT Reg. No tax number type.
Northern Ireland Protocol: VAT Reg. No
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Click Save and Close.
The new tax number type is now saved.
Technical Details
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Valid as Of |
2021-01-01 |