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100% Sales Tax Code for Import Tax (Einfuhrsteuer - Switzerland)

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I’m currently setting things up for a client in Switzerland and have noticed an issue with the invoices they receive from the Swiss Border Department.

These invoices always include a line for VAT on imported products. This line represents the VAT charged for the import of the product, at 100% VAT.

I tried creating a VAT code with a 100% rate and attempted to post the entry, but I found that the system only calculates 50% of the VAT from that line instead of the expected 100%.

The workaround I discovered is to set the value to 99.99999%. While this works in some cases, it seems to create a limitation when dealing with very large amounts, as shown in the attached screenshot.

Has anyone experienced this issue before, or does anyone have a better solution to ensure the correct VAT is applied for these invoices?

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J.Jegathees 129 on at

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One way is to set the rounding precision to "1".
But somehow, I’m not completely satisfied with this workaround.
There must be a standard solution for this, right?

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Alireza Eshaghzadeh 15,225 Super User 2026 Season 2 on at

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Hi,

In order to setup tax code to 100%, need to set the tax code value to 100:

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HI,

Can you follow the suggestion by Alirerza? I am not sure why you had to update the value to 99.999% and why this was calculated 50%, can you share the screenshot of your tax code setup?

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As mentioned, when I set the value to 100, then the following happens:

When I set it to 99.999.. its works better.

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Ramit Paul 22,809 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi,

Can you check if your journal or order is price including tax toggle option enabled? If yes please turn that off then test with 100%.

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J.Jegathees 129 on at

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@Ramit Paul
I set it to "no"

This solution adding +100% VAT-ID. Total: 2000+2000 = 4000.00 CHF - Thats wrong. The whole amount should be the VAT-Tax.

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J.Jegathees 129 on at

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I believe this is the solution. I manually selected the appropriate sales tax code.

In the Item Sales Tax group 'EinfuhrSt,' I only have one Sales Tax code, which is 100%. Therefore, the assignment is 1:1. The 100% is only calculated when I manually select the Sales Tax code. In my opinion, this solution doesn't make sense. It feels more like a bug to me. When you ask for my input, this is what I see.

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BillurSamdancioglu 21,381 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Can you please try with 2 lines entry and select tax on relevant line.

If still have the same issue, this may be an ıssue.

You can ask Microsoft.

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@BillurSamdancioglu
same behaviour. It does not make sense...

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