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Import Tax/Customs Tax Transaction in PO and AP Invoice Journal

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Greetings AX Community! 

I have a question about import tax/custom tax transaction recording. 

What tends to happen is that we get an invoice where a product gets imported and that item is charged a normal VAT rate and an additional import tax. I am having trouble in recording this transaction in an AP Invoice journal because it appears the standard VAT is being calculated, but I don’t know how to account for import tax. Currently, the import account is being recorded directly to a ledger account which is fine, but I need to have to where the import tax amount is going through the sales tax code so that the electronic tax declaration process can automatically pick up the import tax amount when processed. I was wondering, would you have any thoughts as to how to account for import tax using the sales tax code/sales tax groups/ item sales tax group? Do you know if we can somehow associate a sales tax code to a main account so that every time a user keys the GL main account number on an invoice journal or GL journal, the sales tax code gets updated with the import tax amount? Also, I found a similar issue posted previously, but I am not understanding the solution. Keep in mind, I have the 'amount includes sales tax' option marked, so this will impact tax calculation amount.  I am also assuming that if I setup the sales tax codes correctly, this will also resolve my issue in adding an import tax line on the PO as well? 

Thank you!

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    Ludwig Reinhard Profile Picture
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    Hi,

    I would suggest that you talk to one of your accountants to ensure that you don't make a mistake in regards to the import and posting to those tax data. That is because cleansing a wrong tax import can consume a tremendous amount of time.

    Btw. the solution that is suggested in the other post you mention assumes that the tax is temporarily posted on a separate bridge account with the import and subsequently transferred to the respective tax account in a separate step by referring to the tax code. That sound a feasible option. Yet, I would like to ask you to discuss with an accountant first to get some help/infos otherwise you risk that cleaning the whole stuff consumes 3x the time you need for the import.

    Would be great if you could keep us updated and let us know if more help is required.

    Many thanks

    Ludwig

  • Ludwig Reinhard Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at

    Hi,

    Has this issue been resolved or is there still some help required?

    Best regards,

    Ludwig

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    Hello Ludwig,

    It appears in the AP Invoice journal, all that I need to do is to associate a sales tax code to a main account. That will resolve that issue. As far as the import tax recording on PO is concerned, do you have an alternative solution than the one mentioned in the link above? How have you recorded customs tax/import tax on PO's on other clients?

    As you mentioned, I will be following up with my accountant and see if the solution about using a clearing account is feasible when accounting for customs tax on a PO. Thank you for your help!

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    Ludwig Reinhard Profile Picture
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    Hi fahaddurvesh,

    For ordinary VAT in a European setup, the PO invoices are typically recorded with sales tax that is posted for the transferred PO invoices. As this separates the net and tax amounts and records them on separate accounts, a subsequent manual correction posting is typically required. Doing the invoice transfer this way has the advantages that VAT tax corrections that are required for subsequent cash discounts taken when paying the vendors are automatically posted with the right tax code & amount. Yet, there are also alternative options available how the transfer can be recorded and the best way is talking to your accountants.

    Please let us know whether this answers your questions or whether some additional help is required.

    Many thanks and best regards,

    Ludwig

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