R12 AP There is Currently Another Supplier In The System With The Same Taxpayer ID

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GOAL

If you attempt to enter two suppliers with the same taxpayer ID, the second supplier receives the following message:

There is currently another supplier in the system with the same Taxpayer ID.

How can you create multiple suppliers with the same taxpayer ID?

SOLUTION

Set the system profile option ''POS: Allow Suppliers with Duplicate Taxpayer ID'' to Yes, which will allow you to save two suppliers with the same Taxpayer ID.

The profile needs to be set for the application that is linked to the responsibility from where the supplier is edited.
(In most cases it is Purchasing)
If the client has a custom application created then the profile option needs to be set for that application.