Definition: What is it?
A tax authority is legal body usually the state (country) that imposes a financial levy on business transactions.
What is it used for?
In OFBiz tax authorities are used to calculate where business or related taxes are due.
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- Income tax
- Value Added Tax (VAT) / Goods and Services Tax (GST)
- Import / Export tax /Custom and Excise Duty
- State, City or County taxes
Anything else ??
What's on the screen?
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How do I add a new tax authority?
IMPORTANT: You will need to create a party in Party Manager for the tax authority before you can add a new tax authority in the accounting / tax authorities screen.
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NOTE: The above process creates the basic tax authority detail but there are further details that can be added via the other tax authority sub menus. There are six sub menus which make up the tax authority detail. These are as follows:
- Tax Authority (which is the default Edit Tax Authority screen)
- Categories
- Assocs (abbreviation for associations ?)
- GL Accounts
- Product Rates
- Parties
How do I update a tax authority?
Example: To update an existing tax authority
- Select the 'Edit' button next to the tax authority that you wish to update
- The 'Edit Tax Authority' screen is displayed
- Update the details of the tax authority as required including any submenus
- Press the 'Update' button
How do I delete / remove a tax authority?
Tax authorities cannot be deleted via the Tax Authority screens. If they need to be removed then it can be done via the Webtools and Entity Data maintenance.
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