1. Country-Specific Features
  2. New Zealand Help Topics
  3. Setting Up New Zealand-specific Preferences
  4. Setting Up New Zealand-specific Company Preferences

Setting Up New Zealand-specific Company Preferences

If your company or subsidiary is doing business in New Zealand, you can set up your account to follow New Zealand standards. Follow this procedure to make your company preferences New Zealand-specific.

Note:

Make sure that your NetSuite role has the appropriate permissions to set up company preferences specific to New Zealand.

To adjust NetSuite company settings to New Zealand:

  1. In NetSuite, go to Setup > Company > Setup Tasks > Company Information and do the following:

    1. In the VAT Registration Number field, enter your 13–digit New Zealand Business Number (NZBN).

      For accounts with SuiteTax enabled, enter the NZBN on the Tax Registrations subtab.

    2. On the Currency Locale dropdown list, select New Zealand (English).

    3. On the Time Zone dropdown list, select GMT +12:00 Auckland, Wellington.

    4. On the First Fiscal Month dropdown list, select April.

    5. Click Save.

    For more information about configuring company information, see Configuring Company Information.

  2. Go to Setup > Company > Setup Tasks > States/Provinces/Counties and add the following regions:

    • Northland

    • Auckland

    • Waikato

    • Bay of Plenty

    • Gisborne

    • Hawke’s Bay

    • Taranaki

    • Manawatu-Wanganui

    • Wellington

    • Tasman

    • Nelson

    • Marlborough

    • West Coast

    • Canterbury

    • Otago

    • Southland

    For more information about setting up States/Provinces/Counties, see the Help topic Setting Up States, Provinces, and Counties.

  3. Go to Setup > Company > Preferences > General Preferences and set the following preferences:

    • On the Date Format dropdown list, select (D-Mon-YYYY).

    • On the Long Date Format dropdown list, select (D Month YYYY).

    For more information about setting general account preferences, see Setting General Account Preferences.

  4. If you have the ANZ Localization SuiteApp installed, you can set up an alert to warn or block users from entering invalid NZBNs on customer and vendor records. Follow the steps on the help topic ABN and NZBN Verification Warning.

To adjust NetSuite subsidiary settings to New Zealand

  1. In NetSuite, go to Setup > Company > Classifications > Subsidiary and select your New Zealand subsidiary.

  2. On the Subsidiary page, define the following preferences:

    1. In the VAT Registration Number field, enter your 13–digit New Zealand Business Number (NZBN).

      For accounts with SuiteTax enabled, enter the NZBN on the Tax Registrations subtab.

    2. On the Currency dropdown list, select New Zealand Dollar (NZD).

    3. On the Preferences subtab, click General subtab and set the following preferences:

      1. On the Date Format dropdown list, select (D-Mon-YYYY).

      2. On the Long Date Format dropdown list, select (D Month YYYY).

      3. On the Time Zone dropdown list, select GMT +12:00 Auckland, Wellington.

    4. Click Save.

    For more information about configuring subsidiary records, read the help topics Editing Subsidiary Records and Set Subsidiary Preferences.

  3. If you have the ANZ Localization SuiteApp installed, you can set up an alert to warn or block users from entering invalid NZBNs on customer and vendor records. Follow the steps on the help topic ABN and NZBN Verification Warning.

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