to view, and then open the Tax tab.Create or modify a charge plan before setting up and customize a charge in the charge plan. In the left pane of the charge plan window, click a charge to view, and then open the Tax tab.
The Tax tab allows you to set up the tax settings for the charges customized in a charge plan. This information is used by the SAP CC system to calculate the tax data and determine who must pay the tax. Consult the SAP CC Library for more information about the tax calculation feature and process.
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Note: A charge in a charge plan represents a customer service of the service provider. If you want to configure the pricing logic for several services with different tax settings, you must customize several charges in your charge plan. |
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Note: Depending on your SAP CC system configuration, the Tax tab displays the settings for the EU VAT tax system, the flat tax system, or the EZTax system. If the Tax tab is unavailable (dimmed), the SAP CC system is not configured for computing taxes. For more information, refer to your administrator and consult the SAP CC Configuration Guide. |
Fill in or modify the Tax tab.
Name: Depending on your SAP CC system configuration, select one of the following tax system:
Disabled: No tax system applies to the charge
EU VAT: The European Union Value Added Tax (EU VAT) invoicing tax system applies to the charge
Flat Tax: A constant tax rate applies to all the amounts calculated in the charge
US (EZTax): The EZTax system applies to the charge
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Note: The tax system set in the dependent charges of a charge plan must be the same than the tax system set in their related master charge. The tax system set in the dependent charges of an offer must be the same than the tax system set in their related master charge. |
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Note: About the Choose a Property option. If you need to apply more than one tax rate level to a customized charge, you can create a numerical property in the corresponding price plan, and then type different values into it depending on the branch of the rating tree. |
The European Union Value Added Tax displays the following:
Base Amount: Select if the prices defined in the price plan of the charge are net or gross:
Net Price: The tax is calculated and added to the base amount (default configuration for charge plans and offers)
Gross Price: The tax is calculated and removed from the base amount; This configuration is not compliant with the Account Holder Subject to Pay or the Account Holder Exempted taxation mode that is configured in the subscriber accounts of end customers who have subscribed to a contract activating this charge plan - See the tax settings in subscriber accounts
Tax Rate Level: Select if you want to set another predefined tax rate, and then do one of the following:
Select the Normal Tax Rate option, and then select another predefined tax rate level from the drop-down list.
Select the Choose a Property option, and then select a numerical rating context property that represents the tax rate level (see the example below) at runtime. This property must be numerical and contain the following values during the tax calculations: 0 (Normal), 1 (Intermediary), 2 (Reduced), 3 (Super Reduced), 4 (Zero), 5 (Special) and -1 (No Tax).
VAT Rule: Select the VAT rule that is relevant for your business if you want to support the 2010 EU VAT Invoicing Directive. By default the following rules are configured and may differ from your settings:
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VAT Rule |
Service Provider Zone |
Place of Taxation for B2B Services |
Place of Taxation for B2C Services |
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EUVAT2010 - General rule for services |
Any country |
Customer's place of establishment:
The holder of the prepaid account or external postpaid account totally or partially impacted by the service consumption.
The fees related to the consumption can be charged to several accounts in the subscriber account of the end customer. |
Service provider's place of establishment: Its country is specified in this charge customized in a charge plan (or an offer). See the Service Provider Country Code option. |
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EUVAT2010 - Digital services |
European Union |
Customer's place of establishment: This country information is set in the tax settings of the subscriber accounts. |
Service provider's place of establishment |
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Third country |
Customer's place of establishment |
Customer's place of residence: The country of the holder of the prepaid account or external postpaid account in the subscriber accounts. |
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EUVAT2010 - Radio, TV and telecommunication services |
European Union |
Customer's place of establishment |
Service provider's place of establishment |
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Third country |
Customer's place of establishment |
Place of effective service consumption: The B2C taxation place is dynamically set by the SAP CC system according to the tax settings of this customized charge |
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EUVAT2015 - Digital services |
Any country |
Customer's place of establishment |
Customer's place of residence |
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EUVAT2015 - Radio, TV and telecommunication services |
Any country |
Customer's place of establishment |
Customer's place of residence |
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Note: If no VAT rule is selected, the SAP CC system will consider the tax settings set in each subscriber account hold by an end customer of the service provider:
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If a VAT rule is selected, do the following:
Description: Display the information that describes the selected VAT rule
Service Provider Country Code: Select the place of establishment of the service provider that is considered by the VAT rule to compute tax data:
From a country code ISO 3166 (as configured in the SAP CC system)
From a string property of the context
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Note: The country codes set in the charges or retrieved from the rating context must be compliant with country codes known by SAP Convergent Charging. Refer to your administrator and consult the SAP CC Configuration Guide to customize the country tax policies. |
Depending on the selected VAT rule, select or view the taxation places and their country code.
B2B Taxation Place: Select the place of taxation for B2B customers according to the selected VAT rule:
A country code ISO 3166 (as configured in the SAP CC system)
A string property of the context that will contain at runtime the relevant value
When dimmed, view the settings from the VAT rule. The taxation place (country code) for B2B customers will be deducted from the:
Service provider's place of establishment (the owner of the pricing catalog including the charge plan of this charge) - See Service Provider Country Code above
Account holder's place of establishment (the person who holds a prepaid account or an external postpaid account that is charged for the service consumption) - See the tax settings in subscriber accounts
B2C Taxation Place: Select the place of taxation for B2C customers according to the selected VAT rule:
A country code ISO 3166 (as configured in the SAP CC system)
A string property of the context that will contain at runtime the relevant value
When dimmed, view the settings from the VAT rule. The taxation place (country code) for B2C customer will be deducted from the:
Service provider's place of establishment (the owner of the pricing catalog including the charge plan of this charge) - See Service Provider Country Code above
Account holder's place of residence (the person who holds a prepaid account or an external postpaid account that is charged for the service consumption) - See the tax settings in subscriber accounts
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Note: About the B2C Taxation Place option. If you select the EUVAT2010 Radio, TV and telecommunication services, the B2C taxation place must be the effective place of service consumption. Set up the related country code or select a property from the rating context and make sure that this property will have relevant values during the charging process. This can be a parameter, a computed property, or an input property from incoming chargeable items representing the service consumption. |
You first must select the rate value, and then select the identifier of the rate value.
The Flat Tax displays the following:
Base Amount: Choose if the prices defined in the price plan of the charge are net or gross:
Net Price: The tax is calculated and added to the base amount
Gross Price: The tax is calculated and removed from the base amount; This configuration is not compliant with the Account Holder Subject to Pay or the Account Holder Exempted taxation mode that is configured in the subscriber accounts of end customers who have subscribed to a contract activating this charge plan - See the tax settings in subscriber accounts
Flat Tax Rate: To select the rate value, do one of the following:
Select the % option, and then type the value of the flat tax rate in the field.
Select the Choose a Property option, and then select a rating context property that represents the tax rate.
Identifier: To select the identifier of the rate value, do one of the following:
Select the first option, and then type a name for the flat tax that will appear on invoices.
Select the Choose a Property option, and then select a rating context property that represents the tax rate identifier, the name of which will appear on invoices.
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Note: For more information about EZTax, refer to the EZTax® Telecom Users Manual provided by BillSoft® company. |
The US Telco Tax area displays the following tabs: