Migration from Classic TDS to Extended Withholding Tax 

Purpose

This procedure shows you how to migrate from Classic TDS to its successor, Extended Withholding Tax.

In order for the existing documents involving Classic TDS to be compatible with Extended Withholding Tax, you have to migrate the data. But before you can do so, you have make the appropriate Customizing settings, archive old documents, and so on. Follow the instructions given below.

Ensure that no one can post any documents in the company codes during the withholding tax changeover. We recommend that you block your system for all end users and carry out the conversion runs at the weekend.

You must also carry out the migration in a test system before you start work on your production system.

Prerequisites

You have upgraded the SAP System from Release 4.6B to 4.6C.

Process Flow

Preparations

  1. You implement Logistics Invoice Verification.
  2. You archive all of the cleared items.
  3. You make the Customizing settings for Extended Withholding Tax.
  4. You set up the authorizations for the Migration Program.
  5. Just before you start the migration, you block the users from working in the system.

Migrating the Existing Transaction Data and Activating Extended Withholding Tax

  1. Execute the Health Check Program
  2. You map the Classic TDS tax codes to the Extended Withholding Tax types and codes.
  3. You maintain your vendor master records.
  4. You activate Extended Withholding Tax.
  5. You migrate the documents.

Cleaning Up

You clean up the system.