diff --git a/view/party_form.xml b/view/party_form.xml
index f258384f41..a9891aac41 100644
--- a/view/party_form.xml
+++ b/view/party_form.xml
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
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 <data>
     <xpath
-        expr="/form/notebook/page[@id='accounting']/field[@name='vat_number']"
-        position="after">
+        expr="/form/notebook/page[@id='accounting']/separator[@id='account']"
+        position="before">
         <separator string="Payment Terms" colspan="4" id="payment_terms"/>
         <label name="customer_payment_term"/>
         <field name="customer_payment_term"/>