If you need to display a customer's specific Tax or VAT ID on your invoices, you can do so easily by using **Shopify Customer Metafields**. This guide will walk you through the setup process.

### **Video tutorial**

If you prefer a visual walkthrough, you can watch our step-by-step video guide below:

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN_IkpTVIGs&t=59s>

**Step 1: Set up the customer metafield in Shopify**

* From your Shopify Admin, go to **Settings** > **Metafields and metaobjects** > **Customers**

* Click **Add definition** to create a new metafield.

* Enter a name (e.g., "VAT ID") and take note of the Namespace and key (you will need this later).

* Select the Content type (usually "Single line text").

* Click **Save**.

###### **Step 2: Add VAT data to your customers**

* Go to **Customers** in your Shopify Admin.

* Select the customer you want to update.

* Scroll down to the **Metafields** section at the bottom of the profile.

* Enter the VAT ID value in the field you just created.

* Click **Save**.

###### **Step 3: Enable the metafield in the Fordeer app**

* Open the Fordeer App and go to **Customization** > Select the invoice template you wish to edit.

* Go to **Shipping Info** > **Display options**.

* Toggle the Show customer metafields feature to ON.

* Select the option: **Only show metafields with these keys**

* Enter the specific key you created in Step 1.

* Click **Save**.

###### **Step 4: Preview and verify**

To ensure the VAT ID is displaying correctly:

* Go to the **Orders** section within the Fordeer app.

* Select an order for the customer you just updated.

* Click Preview to verify that the VAT ID appears in the shipping/customer information section.

While we are working on a feature to automatically pull VAT fields directly from Shopify’s native B2B settings, using Customer metafields is the most reliable way to display this information manually for now.

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