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   <Header>
      <Title>Tax authorities</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1142304">
         <Level1>Tax authorities</Level1>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>A tax authority is a
		government body with jurisdiction over the tax in a specific area. If you
		define a tax code, you can link the tax code to a tax authority.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>You can use tax authority
		groups to group tax authorities geographically, by type of jurisdiction, or in
		any other way that is meaningful when you select or sort tax information for
		reporting purposes.</Paragraph>
      <Note>
         <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>Using tax authorities
		  for reporting purposes is not restricted to American sales and use tax. You can
		  link a tax authority to any type of tax code.</Paragraph>
      </Note>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>You can use tax authorities for the following
		  purposes:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>To sort tax reports by tax authority</ListItem>
         <ListItem>To update all the tax rates for one tax authority</ListItem>
      </List>
      <ProcedureList>
         <ListIntro>To set up tax authorities, take the following
		  steps:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>Optionally define tax authority groups in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs1140m000" role="session">Tax Authority Groups (tcmcs1140m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs1137m000" role="session">Tax Authorities (tcmcs1137m000)</GUIRef> session, define the tax authorities. You can
			 optionally assign the tax authority to a tax authority group.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs0136s000" role="session">Tax Codes by Country (tcmcs0136s000)</GUIRef> session, assign tax authorities to
			 single-level tax codes.</Paragraph>
            <Paragraph>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs0135s000" role="session">Multiple Tax Code Lines (tcmcs0135s000)</GUIRef> session, assign tax authorities to multiple tax
			 code lines.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
      </ProcedureList>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>You can sort tax reports by tax authority or tax authority
		  group when you use the following sessions:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem> 
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/gld/tfgld8401m000" role="session">Print Tax Summary by Tax Authorities (tfgld8401m000)</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
         <ListItem> 
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/gld/tfgld1420m000" role="session">Print Tax Analysis (tfgld1420m000)</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs1201m000" role="session">Update Tax Rates by Tax Authority (tcmcs1201m000)</GUIRef> session, you can update the tax rates
		for one tax authority. LN updates all the tax codes that are linked to the specified tax authority.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000031" role="manual">Setting up tax registration</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>