WHMCS company name field

[Hostingwalk]

When a client register or change his peronsonal details it can fill in a company name.

My question is why it is not requirment to fill in also a TAX number and/or a Company number (Chamber of Commerce) 

Anyone more having problem with clients that only fill in the company field ?

[WHMCS ChrisD]

@Hostingwalk You can achieve this using a hook, Brian! Has provided one in this thread that will allow you to make feilds required at checkout

 

[Kian]

It's absolutely not true that a client with a company name is required to fill in also a Tax Number. Let me give you some examples:

• Required fields for Organizations:
  • Tax number
  • VAT number
  • Tax number, VAT number
  • Nothing
• Required fields for Companies:
  • VAT number
  • VAT number and Tax number (same, slightly different or completelly values)
• Required fields for Public Administrations:
  • VAT number
  • Tax number
  • Tax number, VAT number
  • Nothing

I stop here but there are also special rules for Individuals, Sole Proprietorships, Companies listed in stock exchange, State-owned or partecipated companies or and so on. All this mess comes from my experience with a single country but you can find a lot of similarities in several European countries.

I suggest you to think twice before making any change to registration form that affect all your customers indiscriminately. A field that you think is required could be optional or unknown for customers registering from other countries. Such changes should have effect on your compatriots only especially if electronic invoicing exists in your country.