Modifying taxes, charges or discount details for expense invoice

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This page allows you to modify the tax, charge and the discount details for an expense invoice. Tell me more.

The “Tax / Charge / Discount” page appears.

The system displays the following:

Invoice #

The number identifying the expense invoice.

Status

The status of the invoice. It could be “Draft”, “Fresh” or “Returned”.

  • Draft – indicates a newly created expense invoice that cannot be authorized.

  • Fresh – indicates a newly created invoice that can be authorized.

  • Returned – indicates that the invoice has been returned for modifications

T/C/D Computation

Use the drop-down list box to select the method in which the tax, charge or discount has been calculated. You can select from “For Document” or “For Line Item”.

 
  • For Document – indicates that the tax, charge or discount has been calculated for the invoice as a whole.

 
  • For Line Item – indicates that the tax, charge or discount has been calculated for each individual row in the invoice.

Line #

Use the drop-down list box to select the number identifying the line in which the expense details appear in the invoice. Sequential numbers will be available for selection based on the rows in which the item details are available.

Note: A line number must be selected in this field if “For Line Item” has been selected in the “T/C/D Computation” field.

The system displays the following:

Line Amount

The invoice amount or the line amount.

Expense / T/C/D #

The code identifying the tax, charge or discount. The description of the expense would also be displayed.

TCD Variant#

The code identifying the tax, charge or discount variant.

Description

A textual description of the tax, charges or discount.

Usage ID

The code identifying the usage that has been mapped to the expense.

Note: On click of the ‘Compute’ pushbutton in the “Create / Edit / Authorize Expense Invoice” page, the system retrieves the tax code in the multiline from the “Maintain Purchase Tax Rule” activity based on the doc type, expense category, company address ID and supplier address ID.

T/C/D

Use the drop-down list box to indicate whether tax, charge or discount is being calculated for the expense in the line. You can select from “Tax”, “Charge” or “Discount”.

Note: One type must be selected in at least one row of the multiline.

T/C/D #

The code identifying the tax, charge or discount based on the value set in the “T/C/D” field (Alphanumeric, 10). Mandatory. This code must have been defined in the “Taxes / Charges / Discounts” business component and must be in “Active” status. The code entered in this field must be unique for the individual line

 

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Note: The tax, charge or discount must be applied only once either at the “Document Level” or at the “Line Level”.

Variant #

The code identifying the variant of the tax, charge or discount (Alphanumeric, 10). Mandatory. This variant must be a valid one for the code entered in the “T/C/D Code” field.

Note: This field must not be left blank if a T/C/D code is entered in the “T/C/D Code” field”.

The system displays the following in the “T/C/D Information” multiline:

Description

The description of the tax, charge, discount or variant.

TCD Rate

The unit rate of the tax, charge or discount selected.

  • Modify the following fields, if required in the “T/C/D Information” multiline:

Taxable Amount

The amount that is the tax, charge or discount for the expense available in the line.

The taxable amount must not be more than the Document amount as computed by the system based on the tax code retrieved from the Maintain Purchase Tax Rule activity or the transaction amount for the part or the document.

Process parameter dependency: You can modify the taxable amount only if the process parameter “Allow modification of taxable amount in Supplier Item Based Note” under the category “Supplier Debit Credit Note” in the Set Finance Process Parameters activity of OU Parameter Setup is 1. 

Note: The taxable amount cannot be zero or a negative integer.

The system displays the following in the “T/C/D Information” multiline:

TCD Amount

The amount that is the tax, charge or discount for the expense available in the line (Decimal).

Note: The TCD amount will remain the same even upon change of the taxable amount, if the TCD basis is Flat. However, if the TCD basis is percentage, the system displays resets the TCD amount for the changed percentage.

Currency

Use the drop-down list box to select the code identifying the currency in which the taxes, charges or discount details have been calculated. You can select from the invoice currency and the base currency that is available in the alphabetical order.

Cost Center

The code identifying the cost center (Alphanumeric, 10). The cost center must have been defined in the “Cost Setup” business component.

 

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Analysis #

The analysis code to which the relevant account is mapped in the “Account Based Budgeting” business component (Alphanumeric, 5).

 

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Sub Analysis #

The sub analysis code to which the analysis code is mapped in the “Account Based Budgeting” business component (Alphanumeric, 5).

The system calculates and displays the amount that has been taxed in the “Taxable Amount” field .An error is displayed, if this field is blank.

The system calculates and displays the amount that is taxable and the amount that can be charged as TCD in the “Taxable Amount” and the “TCD Amount” fields.

The system also calculates and stores the TCD amount in the base currency of the company if it is different.

The system does not allow the TCD amount to be modified, for “Percentage” based TCDs

The system calculates and stores the total invoice amount as the difference of the discount and the sum total of the line amount, taxes and the charges.

The system saves the modified tax, charge and discount details along with the invoice details.

Account Posting Details

If the TCD has been added,

Payment Schedule

The system saves the modifications made to the tax, charge and discount details along with the invoice details.

Status Updation

Account Posting Details

If the TCD has been added,

Payment Schedule

To proceed, carry out the following

Refer to the “Supplier Payment” online help for more details.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Modifying taxes, charges or discount details  – An overview

Activity Overview

You can modify the TCD dsetails if the invoice is in the “Draft”, “Fresh” or “Returned” status. You can modify the method in which the TCD has been calculated. You can modify the code identifying the tax, charge, discount and the variants. You can also modify the TCD amount, the cost center to which the TCD account is mapped and the analysis and the sub analysis code allocated. The system saves the modifications made the TCD details.

The modified total TCD amount for the invoice is posted to the selected finance book under the various account heads in the account currency, base currency of the company and the parallel base currency of the company. A payment schedule is also generated based on the modifications made to the TCD details.

This page also allows you to authorize the invoice while saving the modifications made to the TCD details. The status of the invoice is updated as “Authorized”. The details of this invoice cannot be modified any longer.