About export types
Export types determine the automatically suggested sales account and VAT category on sales or customer invoice lines and sales order lines.
You can set an Export type in the Customer classes (AR201000) and Customer locations (CR303010) windows.
Export type on customer location
When you have a customer with a location in a different country than the main location, requiring a different VAT calculation and sales account, you can give the location the appropriate export type. The system reads the Export type value from the customer location first, and if not set, from the customer class.
Export type determines sales account and VAT category
Export types determine the:
- sales account on sales documents
- VAT category on sales documents for lines with item IDs
Generally, each Export type corresponds to one sales account and VAT category , according to the following table:
| Export type | Sales account | VAT category |
|---|---|---|
| Domestic | Sales account | Sales VAT category |
| Domestic exempt VAT | Sales - non-taxable account | Exempt VAT sales VAT category |
| EU | Sales - EU account | Sales EU VAT category |
| Export | Sales - export account | Export VAT category |
There are situations where the above table does not apply. For more information, see: Suggested sales account and Suggested VAT category.