Problem with Intrastat handling (MEIS)

Question

Dear SCN Members,
we have a problem with Intrastat handling:
Our company is in Great Britain (example VAT-No. GB123456789)
We have a vendor in Switzerland (no EU VAT-No.), who has a fiscal representative in Belgium (example VAT-No. BE1234567890).
Both have a separate vendor number (swiss vendor: 23176, belgian vendor: 33179).
We created a partner "WL" (Goods Supplier) in the vendor master data of the swiss vendor and assigend the belgian vendor number. The swiss vendor master data has nothing filled in the "VAT Reg. No." field (LFA1-STCEG) of the vendor master data. The belgian vendor number has the belgian VAT-No. filled in the "VAT Reg. No." field (LFA1-STCEG) of the vendor master data.
The partner "WL" is automatically taken into the purchase order header partners and is also taken into account for the goods receipt posting.
After I have posted the vendor invoice, the line is shown in transaction MEIS, but the incompletion log is always showing message no. EIP029:
The system did not find the VAT registration number of vendor 23176.
In my opinion, the VAT no. of the fiscal representative (BE1234567890) should be taken into account for the Intrastat reporting, as the swiss vendor has no VAT number. We have not yet managed to get the belgian VAT into the Intrastat report.
Could you please clarify. Thanks in advance for your help!

Answer 1

Hi,
   Please refer the KBA: 1988909 - MEIS: Error EIP 029 "The system did not find the VAT registration number of vendor The reason and the solution is well explained in the KBA. You may change the configuration as explained in the KBA and test again.
Regards,
AKPT