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In accordance with Brexit, effective January 01, 2021, the United Kingdom is no longer part of the European Union (EU). Northern Ireland remains considered as a European Union country for supply of goods to the European Union (EU), but not for supply of services.

Ariba Network now provides an enhanced invoicing solution for the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland as below:

Changes for UK - Transaction between a UK VAT registered supplier or buyer and an EU counterpart, now qualifies as cross-border trade. The Invoice Summary screen, displays such a transaction as Cross-Border.

Transaction in Ariba Network is considered cross-border if either the buyer or the supplier is outside of the European Union (EU).

Changes for Northern Ireland:
Transaction between a Northern Ireland VAT registered supplier or buyer and an EU counterpart, for supply of goods, continue to qualify as Intra-European Union trade. For such a transaction, buyers and suppliers now need to maintain VAT registration number prefixed by XI as country code instead of GB. Ariba Network considers the signing country as GB and the Invoice Summary screen, displays such a transaction as Intra EU.

Transaction in Ariba Network is considered as Intra EU if both the supplier and buyer are from within the EU.

Transaction between a Northern Ireland VAT registered supplier or buyer and an EU counterpart, for supply of services, now qualifies as cross-border trade. For such a transaction, buyers and suppliers continue to use VAT registration number prefixed by GB as country code. The Invoice Summary screen, displays such a transaction as Cross-Border.

Note
To maintain multiple VAT IDs, a supplier or buyer can create an additional address and maintain corresponding VAT ID.

The United Kingdom is no longer part of the European Union (EU) since January 01, 2021.
Therefore, Ariba Network must not display that invoices from/to a UK country, to/from an EU country, qualify as intra-EU trade, except when supplier or buyer's VAT id is prefixed by "XI".

Adjust the Ariba Network UI to reflect that the United Kingdom is no longer part of the European Union (EU), as well as the exception obtained for the region of Northern Ireland, where supplier use XI prefixed VAT id when transacting with EU buyers and GB prefixed VAT id when transacting domestically.

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