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Use this tab to specify tax information for business partners. To access the tab, choose   Business Partners   Business Partner Master Data   Accounting   Tax  .

Accounting Tab, Tax Fields
Tax Status

Select a tax status for the business partner:

  • Liable - The business partner's transactions include tax calculations.

  • Exempt - The business partner's transactions do not include tax calculations.

  • EU - The customer's transactions include only tax groups defined as EU. Relevant only for Europe.

  • Acquisition - The vendor's transactions include only tax groups defined as Acquisition/Reverse. Relevant only for Europe.

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    The options can vary from one country to another.

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Tax Group

Relevant only for Europe.

Select a default tax group for the business partner’s documents.

Note Note

Because the selection you make in this field overwrites the tax group defined in the G/L account or in the selected item, define a tax group for a business partner only as an exception, such as for a foreign business partner.

The tax group you select here is also used as a default tax group for line level and document level freight in sales and purchasing documents.

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Only groups that match the selection made in the Tax Status field are available. When you select:

  • Liable: all tax groups

  • EU: only tax groups defined as EU

  • Acquisition: only tax groups defined as Acquisition/Reverse

  • Exempt: only tax groups of 0% rate

Exempt No.

Specify the number of the exemption certificate.

Note Note

Only relevant for customers whose Tax Status is Exempt.

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Subject to Withholding Tax

Indicates that the vendor is subject to withholding tax.

Note Note

Only available for vendors and if you have selected Withholding Tax on the Tax subtab of the Purchasing or Sales tab in the G/L Account Determination window.

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When Subject to Withholding Tax is selected, additional fields appear. Relevant only for some countries.

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Certificate No./(UTR)

Specify the ID number of the withholding tax certificate:

  • For vendors, type the vendor's certificate number

  • For customers, type your company certificate number.

Expiration Date

Specify the date until which the credit card is valid. Up to 5 characters are allowed, use the format MM/YY for the date as shown on the credit card, such as 04/10 for April 2010.

NI Number.

Specify the national insurance number.

WTax Codes Allowed

Opens the WTax Codes Allowed window where you select the withholding tax codes that can be used with the business partner.

Note Note

You can set a default withholding tax code to be selected automatically in all documents created for the business partner.

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Accrual / Cash

For information purposes, select the withholding tax report type.

Type for WTax Rpt

Select the type of report to be generated.

Country-Specific Fields: Germany

Note Note

The fields DATEV Account and First Data Entry are related only to the German DATEV accounting system. For more information, see DATEV FI Interface for SAP Business One.

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DATEV Account

If required, specify the relevant DATEV account number for the business partner.

Note Note

You cannot enter a number beginning with ”0”.

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Initial Entry

The system indicates whether this is the initial data export.

Example Example

In the case of a new business partner, Yes is displayed, as no master data has yet been transferred for this business partner.

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Country-Specific Fields: France, Italy, Portugal and Spain
Tax Exemption Letter

Specify the details of the Tax Exemption Letter.

Letter ID

Specify the number of the tax exemption letter for the business partner.

Max. Amount

Specify the maximum amount defined in the tax exemption letter for which the business partner can be exempted.

Valid Date From/To

Specify the range of dates when the business partner is exempted from paying tax.

Country-Specific Field: Spain
Equalization Tax

Indicates that the customer is liable for additional equalization tax.

Note Note

Available only for customers, Spain.

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Note Note

Once you selected this checkbox, you cannot select the Deferred Tax checkbox.

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347 Operation Code

Specify the type of operation you carry out with the business partner, for example, acquisitions from a public entity or sales to travel agencies. The values you can select here are based on the codes defined by the Spanish fiscal authorities.

347 Insurance Operation

Specify if the operation you carry out with the business partner involves selling or purchasing insurance goods or services.

Your entry here is the default for the 347 Insurance Operation field on the Accounting tab of A/P or A/R documents, for example A/R invoices. You can change the entry on both the business partner master data and the A/P and A/R documents.

Country-Specific Field: Israel
Self Invoice

Indicates that the vendor is liable for self invoice.

These fields appear after you select Subject to Withholding Tax on the Tax subtab.

Withholding Shaam Group

Displays the withholding Shaam group defined for the vendor in the Withholding Tax Determination window.

WHT Determination

Choose this button to open the Withholding Tax Determination window.

Withholding Tax Certified

Indicates that the vendor is approved for withholding tax according to Israel Tax Authority records.

Bookkeeping Certified

Indicates that the vendor has a valid certificate stating that the bookkeeping meets legal standards.

Tax ID Category

Specify what kind of business the federal tax ID of the business partner indicates: Self-Employed, Company, Registered Business, or International Company.

The information is then included in the electronic files of Report 856 - 2010, which you create.

Country-Specific Field: Austria, Costa Rica, France, Italy, Guatemala, Mexico, South Africa, and Spain
Deferred Tax

Relates the business partner to the deferred tax method.

Note Note

For new business partners, this option is defaulted from   Company Details   Accounting Data   tab. You can select or deselect it even after postings were created for the business partner.

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Note Note

Once you selected this checkbox, you cannot select the Equalization Tax checkbox.

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Country-Specific Fields: Mexico and Chile
Tax Code

Specify a tax code for the vendor. By default, the default tax code is displayed, which is defined on the Tax subtab on the Purchase tab in the G/L Account Determination window.

Note Note

Relevant for vendors only.

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Liable, Foreign

Determines whether the business partner is tax liable or foreign. The default value is liable.

Country-Specific Fields: Mexico
ITW Tax Code Allowed

Opens the Income Tax Withholding Codes Allowed window where you can select the proper ITW codes and define a default per business partner.

WTax Code Allowed

Opens the VAT Withholding Codes Allowed window where you can select the required withholding tax codes and define a default per business partner.

Country-Specific Field: Switzerland
ISR Biller ID

Enables business partners to support the invoice ISR slip. The ID has the following structure:

XX-XXXXXX-X

Note Note

If it is fewer than 9 digits, the system adds up 0.

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Available for vendors only.

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Country-Specific Field: UK
WTax Verification No.

Specify the verification number of the withholding tax.

Country-Specific Fields: China and Korea

The options in these two fields become available after you select Withholding Tax in the G/L Account Determination window.

Domestic/Foreign

Identifies the business partner as domestic or foreign.

Resident/Non-resident

Identifies the business partner as resident or non resident.

Country-Specific Field: Korea
Other Receivable/Other Payable

When creating a new customer in the Business Partner Master Data window, the G/L account for Other Receivable or Other Payable is copied automatically from the G/L Account Determination window.

Unless the G/L account contains postings for this specific customer or vendor, you can change it either manually or by selecting from the Choose from List window.

The Chart of Accounts window enables you to define G/L accounts for customers and vendors.

E-Tax Web Site

Specify the e-tax web site for the business partner. By default, the default web site you have specified in the E-Tax Web Site - Setup window is displayed.

You can also define new web sites in the E-Tax Web Site - Setup window. To open the window, choose   Administration   Setup   Financials   Tax   E-Tax Web Site  .

Country-Specific Field: Japan and Korea
Tax Rounding Rule
  • Options: Company Default, Rounding Off, Rounding Up, and Rounding Down

  • The Change log is updated when you change this field.

Note Note

The default value for a new business partner is Company Default, which means the rounding rule for this business partner is the one defined in Company Details.

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Country-Specific Field: Brazil
Fiscal IDs

Choose Browse (Browse) to open the Fiscal IDs window for defining fiscal IDs.

Country-Specific Fields: India
Tax Information

Choose Browse (Browse) to open the Tax Information window and specify the required data.

Vendor Type

Optional field that appears only when the BP is vendor.

  • Possible to change the description, but not delete the default vendor type once it has been used in transactions.

  • To add a vendor type, choose Define New, and enter the requested information in the Define Vendor Type window.

Assessee Type

Select an assessee type from the dropdown list.

WT Tax Category

Specify the withholding tax category.

Threshold Overlook

The application overlooks the TDS threshold limit specified in the WTax Code Allowed window.

Surcharge Overlook

The application overlooks the surcharge threshold limit specified in WTax Code Allowed window.