SAP ABAP IMG Activity FIN_TAX_RFD_CODES (Define Tax Code as Refund-Relevant Value Added Tax)
Hierarchy
☛ BBPCRM (Software Component) BBPCRM
   ⤷ CRM (Application Component) Customer Relationship Management
     ⤷ CRM_APPLICATION (Package) All CRM Components Without Special Structure Packages
       ⤷ FBAS (Package) Financial accounting 'Basis'
IMG Activity
ID FIN_TAX_RFD_CODES Define Tax Code as Refund-Relevant Value Added Tax  
Transaction Code S_EB5_05000423   (empty) 
Created on 20091013    
Customizing Attributes FIN_TAX_RFD_CODES   Define Tax Code as Refund-Relevant Value Added Tax 
Customizing Activity FIN_TAX_RFD_CODES   Define Tax Code as Refund-Relevant Value Added Tax 
Document
Document Class SIMG   Hypertext: Object Class - Class to which a document belongs.
Document Name FI_TAX_RFD_CODES    

Use

In this Customizing activity, you define which tax codes are relevant for VAT refund.

You can define which country is to be the tax refund country for line items. In addition, you can flag a tax code as a cross-country tax code.

Requirements

Standard settings

Activities

Example

The VAT refund directive requires mandatory data for each invoice in a VAT refund application. This includes the tax refund country of an invoice. As an FI document does not include this information in the standard system, it is possible to assign this information to a tax code for VAT refund.

Different configuration variants are possible here, each with various pros and cons.

Variant 1: Cross-country 0% tax code

Advantage:     Use of fewer tax codes

Drawbacks:

  •     The tax amount has to be manually entered for the document posting
  •     Country may have to be added. As a     VAT registration number should be specified in the document anyway, the country can be automatically determined from this     .

Variant 2: A tax code for each refund country with country-specific tax rate

Advantages:

  •     Tax amount is automatically determined for the document posting
  •     Country can be automatically determined by the selection report

Drawback:     Use of many tax codes

Variant 3: A 0% tax code for each refund country

Advantage:     Country can be automatically determined by the selection report

Drawbacks:

  •     The tax amount has to be manually entered for the document posting
  •     Use of many tax codes, but fewer than with variant 1

Variant 4: A cross-country tax code for each tax rate

Advantage:     Tax amount is automatically determined for the document posting

Drawbacks:

  •     Refund country may have to be added for the different documents
  •     Use of many tax codes, but fewer than with variant 1

For variants 1 and 4 it is possible to store country-dependent tax rates. However, these tax rates are not evaluated by the SAP standard programs (posting documents, post-processing tax data). They can, though, be applied manually in BADIs.

Business Attributes
ASAP Roadmap ID 204   Establish Functions and Processes 
Mandatory / Optional 2   Optional activity 
Critical / Non-Critical 2   Non-critical 
Country-Dependency A   Valid for all countries 
Assigned Application Components
Documentation Object Class Documentation Object Name Current line number Application Component Application Component Name
SIMG FI_TAX_RFD_CODES 0 HLA0009200 Financial Accounting 
Maintenance Objects
Maintenance object type C   Customizing Object 
Assigned objects
Customizing Object Object Type Transaction Code Sub-object Do not Summarize Skip Subset Dialog Box Description for multiple selections
VC_TAX_RFD_CODES C - View cluster SM34  
History
Last changed by/on SAP  20091204 
SAP Release Created in 605