I have to check every VAT quarter, all of the purchases from the EU to ensure all of the correct tax codes have been used on bills so that the Box 2 VAT calculation summary is correct.

This is very time consuming.

Is there a way to ensure that any bills from EU registered vendors can be checked that the correct VAT rate is selected before posting the bill ?

Ideally there should be a purchase VAT field for items

or

should the VAT field selected under Sales also apply to purchases & not working ??