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One of the below Supporting Documentation to evidence the following vendor information must be included with the
completed Business Partner Change Form. The supporting documentation is MANDATORY, and the account/payment(s)
will not be processed without supporting documentation. Examples of Supporting Documentation: Bank Approval
Letter - Bank Confirmation Letter - Bank Certification - Cancelled Check – Copy of Bank Book
Is this bank account to REPLACE an existing bank account on file? (Vendor no longer uses previous account)
Yes No
SECTION V– AUTHORIZATION*
SECTION VI – GUIDANCE
Vendor Add Page 3 of 5
BUSINESS PARTNER CHANGE FORM (Feb 03 2020)
Section I
Form Location Field Name Description and Information to be Entered
Vendor Name* Enter the name of the vendor as shown on the invoice/legal documentation.
(For China, RU, and Greece: Please also provide the equivalent English name if
vendor’s Name is provided in local language).
Address* Enter vendor address including city and region. If the vendor has both a street
and PO Box, enter both. Note: for Argentina the Region Code is mandatory to
provide. Note: Enter Region Code for India. For Greek vendors postal code
format is XXX XX
Country and Postal Code* Enter the country and postal code portion of the vendor address.
Section II
Form Location Field Name Description and Information to be Entered
Payment Method* Check the box that specifies what method (check, electronic) will be used to pay
the vendor. All vendors should be paid electronically, if possible. If check
payment method is required, provide an explanation for why the vendor may not
be paid electronically. If another non-standard electronic method is required on
an exception basis (Direct Debit, Manual Clearing, etc.), please specify and
explain why that is required.
(Note: Giro is only used for certain vendors in DK, FI & NO only)
(Note: ISR is only used for certain vendors in CH Switzerland), the ISR number
should also be provided and that ISR number will be entered on the general view
in the Payment Transactions screen in the ISR number field
(Note: Boleto, TED/DOC and Gov’t check boxes for Brazil only)
(Note: W – Domestic Check (World Link) is used in some Latin America
locations, such as Panama, Colombia)
(Note: All India vendors with a Payment Method of W or C the Supplement must
be MLDB option “5”)
(Note: Russia payment method is L except for Foreign vendors, Custom agents
that use the card and MRL custom agents where the payment method is Z
All Ru vendors must have the payment method supplement field filled in with the
priority code configured for Russia (from 01 till 06)
(Note: Greece vendors should be L, except the following cases:
Foreign vendors where payment method is T
MoH and Taxes vendors where payment method is LZ)
(Note: Cyprus vendors should be L, except the following cases:
Foreign vendors where payment method is T
X for utilities vendors (direct debit)
Z for MoH and public vendors)
Intermediary Bank* Vendor should provide supporting documentation outlining Intermediary Bank
details. Intermediary Bank information should consist of; Bank Name, Bank
Address, and Account Number and vendor should also include Beneficiary bank
details; Bank Name, Bank Account and Account Holder Name.
Vendor Email for Enter the email address that will be used to send Purchase Orders to the vendor.
Purchase Order* This is a required field for all vendors who have email addresses.
Vendor Email for Enter the email address that will be used to send workflow emails and remittance
Workflow/Remittance advices to the vendor. This is a required field for all vendors who have email
Advice addresses.
Special Payment Enter special payment instructions in this field.
Instructions In some countries Type of Business (Purpose Code) may be required for
payment. If there is an alternate payee that will receive all payments or a
permitted payee that may receive some of the payments, then please note the
vendor number of the alternate or permitted payee here with any other
applicable instructions.
(Note: Russia: some public vendors are paid using an alternative payee which is
called a Collector; Regular bank data is maintained in the collector (alternate
payee) master data, while the bank account for the principal vendor should be
999999999999999999 and in the account holder field further instructions need to
be provided.
As Collectors are not the vendor of record for the purchase, the address data of
the Collector (Alternate Payee) will typically be entered for such vendor as
follows:
Vendor Street in Cyrillic: Шаболовка ул
Vendor Street in English: Shabolovka street
City in Cyrillic: Москва
City in English: Moscow
Contact your local finance representative if you are uncertain about which
reconciliation account to use for those countries. Please provide the RECON
account number if known.
For Russia: several reconciliation accounts are available for vendors, when
submitting the form, ensure the correct reconciliation account is chosen
Trade payables-reconciliation account 21001019
A/P-social taxes-payroll 21011610
AP Social Taxes Accident. 21011610
A/P-social taxes-health security 21011611
A/P-social taxes-personal income federal 21011603
A/P-social taxes-pension 21011612
A/P taxes – Moscow 21011601
Accounts Payable - 3rd party 21001000
A/P-reconciliation acct-foreign curr 7600 21001019
A/P-reconciliation acct-employee salaries 21001100
A/P Reconciliation Account -HCP 21001017
Accrued expense-VAT 21011602
A/P taxes - local taxes 21011601
Income taxes payable-national 21011600