Tax Schedules - Basic Information Tab

Code

Enter a 10-character, uppercase, alphanumeric tax schedule. Each code must be unique.

Description

Enter up to 30 characters for a tax schedule description.

Type

Use the drop-down box to select the type of tax schedule. The valid options are:

The default value for the drop-down box is "Select." If you do not select a value in the Type drop-down box before selecting the Save function, the system will display the following error message will display: "Tax Type is required."

Location Required

Select this checkbox if you require the user to enter a tax location in the Expense Report Wizard screens. The valid values that will display in the Expense Report Wizard Tax screens for location will be based on what is entered in the Rates tab of this screen.

If the checkbox is left unchecked, the Tax Location field will not display in the Expense Report Wizard screens. By default, this checkbox is unchecked for new tax schedules.

Tier

Use the drop-down box to select whether this tax schedule is a "One" or "Two"-tier schedule. When you use a one-tier tax, the system multiplies the expense amount by one percentage amount to get the tax amount. When you use a two-tier tax, the system multiplies the tax amount by a percentage. Then it multiplies that percentage by a second percentage and adds the two percentages together to get the tax amount. The default value is "One."

If you set up the tax schedule as a One Tier schedule, the Rate 2 fields (Rate 2% and Recovery Rate 2 %) will be disabled.

Tax ID Required

Select this checkbox if you require the user to enter a tax ID in the Expense Report Wizard screens. If the checkbox is left unchecked, the Tax ID Required field will not display in the Expense Report Wizard screens. The default value on a new tax schedule is checked.

Labels

In this section, define the labels for the tax rates based on the selected Locale. If you select "One" as the Tier, only Rate 1 will be available.

Locale

Use the drop-down box to select the locale that you wish to use to set up labels. The default locale is based on your company’s default country and language codes. For a new tax schedule, the text entered for the labels is duplicated for every locale set up in the General Configuration screen.

Rate 1 Label

Enter the label for the tax schedule's rate 1. If you do not supply a label in this field before selecting the Save function, the system will display the following error message: "Rate 1 Label cannot be null."

Rate 2 Label

Enter the label for the tax schedule's rate 2. If this is a "Two" Tier tax schedule and you do not supply a label before selecting the Save function, the system will display the following error message: "Rate 2 Label cannot be null."

This field will be available only if you selected "Two" as the Tier.

Defaults

Use this section to provide default values that will display when you add a new rate in the Rates tab.

Tolerance %

Enter the tolerance % that will display as the default when you add a new tax rate in the Rates tab.

Rate 1 %

Enter the rate 1 % that will display as the default when you add a new tax rate in the Rates tab.

Recovery % Rate 1

Enter the recovery % for rate 1 that will display as the default when you add a new tax rate in the Rates tab.

Rate 2 %

Enter the rate 2 % that will display as the default when you add a new tax rate in the Rates tab.

This field will be available only if the tax schedule is set up as a "Two" Tier schedule.

Recovery % Rate 2

Enter the recovery % for rate 2 that will display as the default when adding a new tax rate on the Rates tab.

This field will be available only if the tax schedule is set up as a "Two" Tier schedule.