Configuring Tax Determination

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to configure FI-CA tax determination

Tax Determination

Flowchart depicting the process of tax determination involving business transactions, contract accounts, revenue accounts, and FI-CA tax determination, ultimately leading to the determination of a tax code. The chart includes numerical and alphabetical identifiers related to each step and account involved in the process.

You can use posting area S001 not only for revenue account determination, but also for the derivation of the tax determination code.

You can use the tax determination table TE011 to determine the valid tax code for general ledger accounting historically and country-specific based on the tax determination code.

You can use posting area 0010 to specify the tax accounts to be posted depending on company code, tax code and tax transaction.

See Screenshot File Steuerermittlung04.

A diagram of an FI-CA document and FI document, highlighting revenues, tax, and profit center sections.

In FI-CA, an enhanced account assignment of postings to accounts for tax on sales and purchases is available. This also includes the option of splitting tax amounts and tax base amounts across different account assignments.

The enhanced account assignment option applies to the following fields: business area, segment, profit center, commitment item, funds center, fund, functional area, funded program, and grant.

If you want to use the enhanced account assignment for tax items, you have to activate this option in customizing for each company code. If the new function is active, the system determines, for each tax item, all other related G/L items that have the same tax code. These items can contain various combinations of the account assignments listed in the previous paragraph. The system determines the total amount for each combination. The tax item is then mathematically split into subitems, and the relevant account assignment combination is assigned to each subitem.

The subitems are relevant for updating totals records for the reconciliation key and, therefore, also for updating the general ledger.

In the FI-CA document display, the tax items are initially displayed as usual. If the account assignment is unique, the tax item is displayed in the same way as for other general ledger items. If there are differing account assignments, you can display the split using the Account Assignment button.

How to Perform Tax Determination

Steps

  1. In customizing, display the tax determination IDs.

    1. In customizing, choose Financial AccountingContract Accounts Receivable and PayableBasic FunctionsPostings and DocumentsDocumentMaintain Document AssignmentsDefine Sales/Purchase Tax Determination.

    2. Display the Tax Determination ID Y2.

      Result

      The tax code A1 is assigned to the tax determination ID Y2.
  2. Demonstrate the link between the tax determination code and the account assignment in customizing.

    1. In customizing, choose Financial AccountingContract Accounts Receivable and PayableBasic FunctionsPostings and DocumentsDocumentDefine Account Assignments for Automatic PostingsAutomatic G/L Account DeterminationDefine Transaction-Relevant Account Assignment Data for FI-CAX.

    2. Choose the Position Cursor... button.

    3. Enter the following data:

      FieldValue
      Company Code1010
      DivisionLeave blank
      Act determ. IDY1
      Main Trans.6000
      Sub Transaction0010
    4. Choose Enter.

      Result

      The tax determination ID Y2 is assigned.
  3. Display the account determination for sales/purchase tax in customizing.

    1. In customizing, choose Financial AccountingContract Accounts Receivable and PayableBasic FunctionsPostings and DocumentsDocumentDefine Account Assignments for Automatic PostingsAutomatic G/L Account DeterminationDefine Accounts for Sales/Purchase Tax.

      Result

      The tax code A1 is assigned to tax account 22000000.

How to Split Tax Items

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