VAT Validation Error While Adding Customer


Summary

This article provide you details for the resolution of error "VAT" while adding new customer.

Applies To

MachPanel v.7 and above

Error

Company Name input does not match company name against Vat Id, please check company name.

Details

It is because in new build it has EU VAT validation built-in. So, the company name entered must match company name in EU API.

Resolution

Add a new registry string value EUVATCompanyNameVariationTolerance, set value to 7 under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MachSol\MachPanel

For your information do note:

EUVATCompanyNameVariationTolerance = Value between 0 to 10. 0 means 100% difference is allowed 1 means 10% match is allowed, less then 10% will fail. 2 means 20% match is allowed, less then 20% will fail. and so on... 10 means 100% match needed.