From dc72e6cf36f5b144b092efc60b2ebb4947a0d197 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dany Robert <danyrt@wahni.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2025 14:47:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix(regional-uae): split export determination

---
 .../regional/united_arab_emirates/utils.py    | 30 ++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/erpnext/regional/united_arab_emirates/utils.py b/erpnext/regional/united_arab_emirates/utils.py
index 8e23fe9e81b..511a8b03ab4 100644
--- a/erpnext/regional/united_arab_emirates/utils.py
+++ b/erpnext/regional/united_arab_emirates/utils.py
@@ -15,14 +15,25 @@ def update_itemised_tax_data(doc):
 		return
 
 	itemised_tax = get_itemised_tax(doc.taxes)
-	is_export = 0
+	is_export = False
 
-	if doc.customer_address and doc.company_address:
-		company_country = frappe.get_cached_value("Address", doc.company_address, "country")
-		customer_country = frappe.db.get_value("Address", doc.customer_address, "country")
+	def determine_if_export(doc):
+		if doc.flags.export_determined is not None:
+			return doc.flags.export_determined
 
-		if company_country != customer_country:
-			is_export = 1
+		doc.flags.export_determined = False
+		if doc.customer_address and doc.company_address:
+			company_country = frappe.get_cached_value("Address", doc.company_address, "country")
+			customer_country = frappe.db.get_value("Address", doc.customer_address, "country")
+
+			if company_country != customer_country:
+				doc.flags.export_determined = True
+				return doc.flags.export_determined
+		else:
+			frappe.msgprint(
+				_("Please set Customer and Company Address to determine if the transaction is an export."),
+				alert=True,
+			)
 
 	for row in doc.items:
 		tax_rate, tax_amount = 0.0, 0.0
@@ -34,11 +45,16 @@ def update_itemised_tax_data(doc):
 				tax_amount += flt((row.net_amount * _tax_rate) / 100, row.precision("tax_amount"))
 				tax_rate += _tax_rate
 
-		row.is_zero_rated = is_export
+		if not row.is_zero_rated and not tax_rate:
+			is_export = is_export or determine_if_export(doc)
+			row.is_zero_rated = is_export
+
 		row.tax_rate = flt(tax_rate, row.precision("tax_rate"))
 		row.tax_amount = flt(tax_amount, row.precision("tax_amount"))
 		row.total_amount = flt((row.net_amount + row.tax_amount), row.precision("total_amount"))
 
+	doc.flags.export_determined = None
+
 
 def get_account_currency(account):
 	"""Helper function to get account currency."""