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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">To set up tax codes by country</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>Tax</Level1>
			<Level2>tax codes</Level2>
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	<GeneralSection><Paragraph>To set up tax codes for value added tax and sales tax, take the following steps:</Paragraph>
		<ProcedureList><ListItem>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs0137m000" role="session">Tax Codes (tcmcs0137m000)</GUIRef> session, define a tax code for each type of tax, including tax types with zero tax amounts.</ListItem>
			<ListItem><List><ListIntro>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs0136s000" role="session">Tax Codes by Country (tcmcs0136s000)</GUIRef> session, set up the tax details, among others:</ListIntro>
					<ListItem>Assign the tax codes to the home country of the financial company.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>Specify whether the tax consists of a single tax rate or of multiple tax rates, for example, for sales tax.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>If required, add a text to the tax codes containing the reference to the applicable tax law chapter. SSA ERP prints the text on invoices with this tax code.</ListItem>
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				<Paragraph>For consumption tax, enter the details as described in <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000410" role="manual">Consumption tax</Link>.</Paragraph>
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			<ListItem>For a singular tax code, define the tax rate in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs0132m000" role="session">Single Tax Rates (tcmcs0132m000)</GUIRef> session. You can choose <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Single Tax</GUIRef> from the <GUIRef href="" role="menu">Specific</GUIRef> menu of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs0536m000" role="session">Tax Codes by Country (tcmcs0536m000)</GUIRef> overview session.</ListItem>
			<ListItem><List><ListIntro>For multiple tax codes, for example, for <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000421" role="glossary">sales tax</Link>, take the following steps:</ListIntro>
					<ListItem>Specify the details in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs0535m000" role="session">Multiple Tax Code Lines (tcmcs0535m000)</GUIRef> session. You can choose <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Multiple Tax</GUIRef> from the <GUIRef href="" role="menu">Specific</GUIRef> menu of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs0536m000" role="session">Tax Codes by Country (tcmcs0536m000)</GUIRef> overview session.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>Define the tax rates of each tax code line in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs0133m000" role="session">Multiple Tax Rates (tcmcs0133m000)</GUIRef> session. You can choose <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs0535m000#multiple.tax.rates" role="formcommand">Multiple Tax Rates</GUIRef> from the <GUIRef href="" role="menu">Specific</GUIRef> menu of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs0535m000" role="session">Multiple Tax Code Lines (tcmcs0535m000)</GUIRef> overview session.</ListItem>
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			<ListItem><List><ListIntro>Specify the ledger accounts to which SSA ERP must post the tax amounts, for each financial company. In each financial company of your system, use the following sessions:</ListIntro>
					<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/gld/tfgld0571m000" role="session">Posting Data for Single Tax Codes (tfgld0571m000)</GUIRef> for single tax codes.</ListItem>
					<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/gld/tfgld0570m000" role="session">Posting Data for Multiple Tax Codes (tfgld0570m000)</GUIRef> for multiple tax codes.</ListItem>
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			<ListItem>If you prepare tax declarations based on a tax declaration master, you must also define a <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000436" role="glossary">tax settlement</Link> tax code for the country. SSA ERP links the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/ktax#tax.settlement" role="enum">Tax Settlement</GUIRef> tax code to the payments you make to the collection office. On the tax analysis reports, this tax code represents the tax payments.</ListItem>
			<ListItemHead>Approve the tax codes</ListItemHead>
			<ListItem><Paragraph>Ensure that all the tax code details are correct, and in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs0136s000" role="session">Tax Codes by Country (tcmcs0136s000)</GUIRef> session, select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs0136s000#tcmcs036.appr" role="formfield">Approved</GUIRef> check box. SSA ERP performs a consistency check on the tax code details.</Paragraph>
				<Paragraph>Before you can add a tax code to a g roup tax code or test the tax model, you must approve the tax codes. SSA ERP can only link approved tax codes to the transactions.</Paragraph>
				<List><ListIntro>After you approve the tax code, you can no longer change the following details:</ListIntro>
					<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs0136s000#tcmcs036.ktax" role="formfield">Kind of Tax</GUIRef>
					</ListItem>
					<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs0136s000#tcmcs036.tvat" role="formfield">Tax Type</GUIRef>
					</ListItem>
					<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs0136s000#tcmcs036.smpl" role="formfield">Singular Tax</GUIRef>
					</ListItem>
					<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs0136s000#tcmcs036.extx" role="formfield">Expensed Purchase Tax</GUIRef>
					</ListItem>
					<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs0136s000#tcmcs036.gtax" role="formfield">Group Tax</GUIRef>
					</ListItem>
					<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs0136s000#tcmcs036.txcg" role="formfield">Tax Category</GUIRef>
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					<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs0136s000#tcmcs036.invb" role="formfield">Include In VAT Book</GUIRef>
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	<GeneralSection><Paragraph>Continue with <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000437" role="manual">To set up the tax rates</Link>.</Paragraph>
	</GeneralSection>
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