}
+# kind of a hack, but some tax data vendors require a status and others
+# don't.
+my $vendor = $conf->config('tax_data_vendor');
+if ( $vendor eq 'avalara' or $vendor eq 'suretax' ) {
+ if ( ! $cgi->param('taxstatusnum') ) {
+ $error ||= 'Tax status required';
+ }
+}
+
#perhaps this stuff should go to cust_main.pm
if ( $new->custnum eq '' or $duplicate_of ) {