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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Country groups</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>tax country groups</Level1>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>tax reporting</Level1>
		</Keyword>
	</Header>
	<GeneralSection><Paragraph></Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>You can use tax country groups, to enter the tax position information per country group instead of per country.</Paragraph>
		<List><ListIntro>For example, you can define the following country groups:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>The company's home country.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>European Union (EU) countries.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Non-EU countries.</ListItem>
		</List>
		<List><ListIntro>In SSA ERP, you can use the following types of country groups:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000351" role="glossary">Belgian Balance of Payments country groups</Link>.</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000350" role="glossary">Tax country groups</Link>.</ListItem>
		</List>
		<Paragraph>For each group you can indicate whether or not the group represents EU member countries. This indication is required for the Belgian <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000349" role="glossary">Belgian Balance of Payments report</Link>.</Paragraph>
		<ProcedureList><ListTitle>To set up relations by tax position for country groups</ListTitle>
			<ListIntro>To set up relations by tax position for country groups, use the following sequence of sessions:</ListIntro>
			<ListItemHead><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs1180m000" role="session">Country Groups (tcmcs1180m000)</GUIRef>
			</ListItemHead>
			<ListItem>Define the country groups.</ListItem>
			<ListItemHead><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs0110s000" role="session">Countries (tcmcs0110s000)</GUIRef>
			</ListItemHead>
			<ListItem>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs0110s000#tcmcs0110.02" role="groupbox">Country Groups</GUIRef> box, select the country's tax country group.</ListItem>
			<ListItemHead><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/gld/tfgld0120m000" role="session">Tax Positions (tfgld0120m000)</GUIRef>
			</ListItemHead>
			<ListItem>For the tax positions that you want to set up for a tax country group, select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/gld/tfgld0121s000#tfgld021.cgrp" role="formfield">Country Group</GUIRef> check box.</ListItem>
			<ListItemHead><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/gld/tfgld0521m000" role="session">Relations by Tax Position (tfgld0521m000)</GUIRef>
			</ListItemHead>
			<ListItem>Click <GUIRef href="" role="manual">New</GUIRef> to start the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/gld/tfgld0121s000" role="session">Relations by Tax Position (tfgld0121s000)</GUIRef> details session. If you selected the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/gld/tfgld0121s000#tfgld021.cgrp" role="formfield">Country Group</GUIRef> check box for the tax position line in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/gld/tfgld0120m000" role="session">Tax Positions (tfgld0120m000)</GUIRef> session, you can define the details for a tax country group.</ListItem>
		</ProcedureList>
	</GeneralSection>
	<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000323" role="manual">To set up the Belgian Balance of Payments report data</Link>
		</RelTopic>
	</RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>
